Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Description
The Cybersecurity Engineer will deliver hands-on cybersecurity engineering and operational security support for enterprise applications and cloud environments in a hybrid role based in Ft Meade, MD.
Responsibilities
- Provide cybersecurity engineering support across development, testing, staging, and production environments
- Support application and infrastructure security for workloads hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Implement and maintain technical security controls aligned to applicable organizational and federal security requirements
- Support security authorization, assessment, and continuous monitoring activities
- Identify, analyze, track, prioritize, and support remediation of vulnerabilities across applications, infrastructure, cloud environments, and configurations
- Review security scan results, evaluate findings, coordinate remediation with engineering and development teams, and validate corrective actions
- Develop and maintain security artifacts and supporting documentation related to vulnerabilities and remediation activities
- Integrate automated security testing and security controls into DevSecOps and CI/CD processes
- Support incident response activities including investigation, containment, remediation, and root cause analysis
- Support security logging, monitoring, alerting, and audit capabilities
- Develop and maintain security documentation and evidence supporting security assessments, audits, releases, and change-control activities
- Protect PII, sensitive information, and system data from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or loss
- Participate in Agile/SAFe planning, sprint activities, technical working sessions, and security reviews
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or information systems security experience
- Experience securing cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure, preferably in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, RMF, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and security control implementation
- Experience with vulnerability scanning, security monitoring and logging, incident response, and DevSecOps security practices
- Experience supporting security assessments and remediation of identified vulnerabilities
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent industry-recognized security certification (Required)
- Security+, CISSP, CCSP, Google Cloud security certification, or equivalent certification preferred
Technologies
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD
- Agile
- SAFe
- NIST SP 800-53
- FISMA
- RMF
- PII
Certifications
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent industry-recognized security certification (Required)
- CISSP; CCSP; Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer; CompTIA CySA+; GIAC certifications (Preferred)
Compensation & Location
- Location: Ft Meade, MD (hybrid)
- Salary: USD 130,000 - 150,000 per year
Why Join SHR Consulting Group
- Contribute to impactful government initiatives that enhance national security and public welfare
- Collaborative, flexible, and forward-thinking work environment
- Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities