Peraton is looking for an AWS Security Engineer to support secure development modernization and migration in support of a government multi-cloud environment with 50 customer tenants and growing. Aside from technical qualifications applicant should have effective communication skills both written and verbal.
The applicant must have engineering experience and extensive AWS and security knowledge and experience with integration vulnerability remediation system analysis or programming experience including developing AWS systems requirements and design specification. The AWS Security Engineer will be responsible for resolving complex incidents providing expert troubleshooting and performing proactive monitoring of AWS Infrastructure and services. A passion for performance strong desire for quality conformance and attention to detail are prerequisites for this position.
LOCATION: Remote (but must reside and perform all work within the United States)
WORK HOURS: This position requires working online from 8:00 AM Eastern to 5:00 PM Eastern
Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:
Security
Harden AWS environments and remediate STIG findings in accordance with NIST SP 800-53 and DHS 4300A requirements.
Maintain and improve the golden image pipeline to ensure compliant baselines
Incident Response and Troubleshooting
Serve as an escalation point from Tier 2 support for complex incidents and outages within the AWS GovCloud environment
Investigate and resolve issues across various AWS services EC2 RDS S3 VPC Lambda and IAM
Perform root cause analysis to address underlying infrastructure issues and provide solutions to prevent recurrence.
Manage and resolve high-priority incidents ensuring timely communication with stakeholders and affected tenants
Monitoring and Optimization
Continuously monitor tenant environments using CloudWatch CloudTrail and other tools (Dynatrace Splunk) to detect performance issues security incidents and infrastructure bottlenecks
Utilize Dynatrace Splunk or other proactive monitoring tools to mitigate potential issues before they escalate
Analyze system performance and recommend optimizations to improve stability efficiency and security
AWS Infrastructure Management
Manage and maintain the AWS infrastructure including EC2 instances S3 buckets VPC configurations RDS databases and other services
Ensure that all tenants s AWS resources are secure FedRAMP compliant and optimized for performance
Collaborate with the Architecture team to implement solutions that align with best practices for AWS cloud infrastructure
Adhere to Change Management procedures
Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
Collaborate with other team engineers to resolve development issues/incidents and implement improvements
Document solution designs process procedures and lessons learned to enhance team knowledge
Provide technical mentorship and knowledge sharing to more junior engineers less familiar with pipeline and infrastructure automation
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or a Masters degree and 10 years of experience or a High School Diploma/Equivalent and 16 years of experience.
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a DHS Public Trust (EOD).
5 years of experience in cloud services and infrastructure.
3 years of extensive hands-on experience with automation involving a wide range of AWS services including but not limited to EC2 instances S3 buckets VPC configurations RDS databases and other services
Experience with incident management root cause analysis and resolving high-priority incidents in large multi-tenant environments
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with incident management root cause analysis and resolving high-priority incidents in large multi-tenant environments.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of AWS GovCloud and deploying in Government environments.
Exemplary communication analytical skills and technical knowledge across the client environment.
Ability to produce concise and clear technical documentation.
Preferred Certifications:
Experience with PowerShell AWS CLI or other automation scripts to troubleshoot and resolve issues
AWS Certified SysOps Developer Associate
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
Relevant Agile Certification
Red Hat Ansible
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$112000 - $179000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position the individuals experience education knowledge skills and competencies as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position employees may be eligible for overtime shift differential and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer including disability and protected veterans or other characteristics protected by law.
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ResponsibilitiesPeraton is looking for an AWS Security Engineer to support secure development modernization and migration in support of a government multi-cloud environment with 50 customer tenants and growing. Aside from technical qualifications applicant should have effective communication skills ...
Responsibilities
Peraton is looking for an AWS Security Engineer to support secure development modernization and migration in support of a government multi-cloud environment with 50 customer tenants and growing. Aside from technical qualifications applicant should have effective communication skills both written and verbal.
The applicant must have engineering experience and extensive AWS and security knowledge and experience with integration vulnerability remediation system analysis or programming experience including developing AWS systems requirements and design specification. The AWS Security Engineer will be responsible for resolving complex incidents providing expert troubleshooting and performing proactive monitoring of AWS Infrastructure and services. A passion for performance strong desire for quality conformance and attention to detail are prerequisites for this position.
LOCATION: Remote (but must reside and perform all work within the United States)
WORK HOURS: This position requires working online from 8:00 AM Eastern to 5:00 PM Eastern
Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:
Security
Harden AWS environments and remediate STIG findings in accordance with NIST SP 800-53 and DHS 4300A requirements.
Maintain and improve the golden image pipeline to ensure compliant baselines
Incident Response and Troubleshooting
Serve as an escalation point from Tier 2 support for complex incidents and outages within the AWS GovCloud environment
Investigate and resolve issues across various AWS services EC2 RDS S3 VPC Lambda and IAM
Perform root cause analysis to address underlying infrastructure issues and provide solutions to prevent recurrence.
Manage and resolve high-priority incidents ensuring timely communication with stakeholders and affected tenants
Monitoring and Optimization
Continuously monitor tenant environments using CloudWatch CloudTrail and other tools (Dynatrace Splunk) to detect performance issues security incidents and infrastructure bottlenecks
Utilize Dynatrace Splunk or other proactive monitoring tools to mitigate potential issues before they escalate
Analyze system performance and recommend optimizations to improve stability efficiency and security
AWS Infrastructure Management
Manage and maintain the AWS infrastructure including EC2 instances S3 buckets VPC configurations RDS databases and other services
Ensure that all tenants s AWS resources are secure FedRAMP compliant and optimized for performance
Collaborate with the Architecture team to implement solutions that align with best practices for AWS cloud infrastructure
Adhere to Change Management procedures
Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
Collaborate with other team engineers to resolve development issues/incidents and implement improvements
Document solution designs process procedures and lessons learned to enhance team knowledge
Provide technical mentorship and knowledge sharing to more junior engineers less familiar with pipeline and infrastructure automation
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree and 12 years of experience or a Masters degree and 10 years of experience or a High School Diploma/Equivalent and 16 years of experience.
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a DHS Public Trust (EOD).
5 years of experience in cloud services and infrastructure.
3 years of extensive hands-on experience with automation involving a wide range of AWS services including but not limited to EC2 instances S3 buckets VPC configurations RDS databases and other services
Experience with incident management root cause analysis and resolving high-priority incidents in large multi-tenant environments
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with incident management root cause analysis and resolving high-priority incidents in large multi-tenant environments.
Extensive knowledge and understanding of AWS GovCloud and deploying in Government environments.
Exemplary communication analytical skills and technical knowledge across the client environment.
Ability to produce concise and clear technical documentation.
Preferred Certifications:
Experience with PowerShell AWS CLI or other automation scripts to troubleshoot and resolve issues
AWS Certified SysOps Developer Associate
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
Relevant Agile Certification
Red Hat Ansible
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$112000 - $179000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position the individuals experience education knowledge skills and competencies as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position employees may be eligible for overtime shift differential and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
EEO
EEO: Equal opportunity employer including disability and protected veterans or other characteristics protected by law.
Peraton provides innovative solutions for the most sensitive and critical programs in government today, developed and executed by scientists, engineers, and other experts.
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