Security Engineering Lead
Peraton · UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE, US
About this role
**Security Engineering Lead** **Peraton Overview** Peraton is a next-generation national security company delivering trusted solutions and enterprise IT capabilities to protect our nation and allies across land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. --- **Responsibilities** - Provide technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise security capabilities across complex federal environments. - Lead security architecture and engineering initiatives protecting cloud infrastructure, applications, networks, identities, and sensitive data while meeting mission requirements and regulatory compliance. - Apply federal security requirements, including **NIST SP 800-53**, **FedRAMP baselines**, and applicable agency policies/standards. - Partner with cloud platform, infrastructure, and compliance teams to implement security controls for **identity, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, configuration management, and incident response**. - Lead security engineering activities supporting **Authority to Operate (ATO)** authorization and maintenance (control implementation, authorization package development, risk remediation, continuous monitoring). - Support continuous monitoring, security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and evidence collection to maintain an effective security posture. - Identify security gaps, evaluate technical risks, and develop remediation strategies aligned to authorization and ongoing compliance. - Lead engineering and implementation of **Zero Trust** capabilities across large-scale federal enterprise environments. - Apply Zero Trust principles across **identity, devices, networks, applications, workloads, and data**. - Assess emerging **AI-enabled security** capabilities for effectiveness, scalability, data protection, and operational risk. - Support secure adoption of AI-enabled technologies using appropriate access controls, monitoring, data governance, and risk management. **Work Location** - **Remote** (must be available **8am–5pm EST**) --- **Qualifications** **Basic Qualifications** - Must be a **U.S. Citizen** with ability to obtain and maintain the required **Public Trust** clearance. - Education/Experience: - Bachelor’s + **12 years**, or - Master’s + **10 years**, or - Associate’s + **14 years**, or - High School Diploma/equivalent + **16 years** - One or more relevant certifications: **CISSP, CISM, CASP, CCISO, Security+, CAP** - Proven experience supporting **ATO** efforts within **FedRAMP High** or other federal environments. - Demonstrated experience designing/engineering security controls in **FedRAMP High** or comparably stringent federal cloud environments. - Strong understanding of **NIST SP 800-53**, federal security requirements, cloud security controls, and continuous monitoring. - Demonstrated experience implementing/engineering **Zero Trust** capabilities across large, complex enterprise/federal environments. - Experience with cloud security architecture, **IAM**, network security, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and security monitoring. - Ability to translate security frameworks and architectural requirements into practical technical implementations. - Experience with **AWS GovCloud**, **Microsoft Azure Government**, or other government cloud environments. **Preferred Qualifications** - Direct experience supporting **FedRAMP High** authorization, continuous monitoring, or security control assessment activities for federal cloud ser
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