[Remote] ISSO / Cloud Security Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. iAdeptive Technologies delivers data, cloud, and AI engineering for federal mission programs. The company is seeking a senior, hands-on ISSO/Cloud Security and DevSecOps Engineer to lead FedRAMP High authorization, implement AWS security controls and pipeline automation, and direct enterprise zero-trust and cybersecurity strategy.
Responsibilities
- Serve as ISSO for a FedRAMP High environment, owning the authorization package and driving it through attainment and ongoing authorization on an accelerated timeline
- Author and maintain the System Security Plan (SSP), control narratives, and supporting artifacts against NIST 800-53 and agency security baselines
- Manage Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), track remediation to closure, and maintain audit-ready evidence
- Lead Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities and serve as the security point of contact for assessors and oversight
- Establish and operate continuous monitoring, including vulnerability scanning, configuration compliance, and security event review
- Operate as an embedded member of the cloud and platform team, participating in the backlog, standups, and pipeline alongside the engineering staff
- Implement and validate security controls in AWS GovCloud, including IAM, logging, encryption, network security, and configuration compliance
- Build and harden the CI/CD pipeline, embedding security gates, scanning, and automated evidence collection through policy-as-code
- Author and review infrastructure-as-code to enforce secure configuration by default
- Automate compliance and monitoring to support continuous authorization and efficient post-ATO sustainment
- Set the direction for the company’s enterprise zero-trust and cybersecurity strategy, standards, and policies
- Provide security oversight across the organization, including identity, access, endpoint, and network security posture
- Guide the adoption of security best practices company-wide and advise leadership on cyber risk
Skills
- • Direct, hands-on ISSO experience in a federal environment, including at least one system taken through Assessment and Authorization (A&A) to an ATO
- • Strong command of NIST 800-53, the RMF, FedRAMP, and FISMA, with the ability to author control narratives accepted by assessors
- • Experience managing POA&Ms, continuous monitoring, and audit-ready evidence
- • Hands-on AWS engineering experience, including IAM, encryption, networking, and configuration compliance (GovCloud preferred)
- • Hands-on DevSecOps experience building and securing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and security automation
- • A track record of working within an engineering team and delivering implementation work, not solely security review
- • Clear technical writing and the ability to communicate effectively with both engineers and assessors
- • Experience defining zero-trust or enterprise security strategy, standards, and policy at an organizational level
- • Ability to advise leadership on cyber risk and drive security best practices across a company
- • Experience: 7+ years across information security and cloud/DevSecOps, including hands-on ISSO experience with a system taken through A&A to ATO
- • Eligibility to work in the U.S. required
- • Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- • Security certification such as CISSP, CISM, CAP, or AWS Security – Specialty
- • AWS certification (Solutions Architect, SysOps, or DevOps Engineer)
- • Experience with container security, Terraform, and federal compliance or authorization tracking tooling
- • Familiarity with ISO/IEC 42001 or AI risk frameworks where AI systems fall within the authorization boundary
- • Maryland-area candidates preferred for occasional on-site collaboration
- • Hands-on AWS engineering experience, including IAM, encryption, networking, and configuration compliance (GovCloud preferred)
Benefits
- Remote (U.S.) work arrangement
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company contribution
- Paid time off and federal holidays
- Training and certification support
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