Cybersecurity and Cloud Security Engineer

Avint LLC is seeking a Cybersecurity and Cloud Security Engineer who has experience providing support in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within the public sector. This is a unique opportunity to shape the growth, development, and culture of an exciting and fast-growing company in the cybersecurity market. The Cybersecurity and Cloud Security Engineer will have the opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of support to a federal client and will be encouraged to grow as the organization expands.  

Position Responsibilities:

• Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions that meet security requirements of agency customer
• Analyzes general security-related technical problems and provides engineering and technical support in resolving such problems
• Ensures that all information systems are functional and secure

Requirements

Technical Areas of Expertise:

• Experience performing analysis of proposed changes to security controls
• Ability to support security workflows by performing analysis (e.g., DLP, SafeLinks, log file reviews)
• Experience and ability to configure, implement, and maintain security tools
• Prior experience analyzing security tools (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Information Protection) to ensure they align with agency policies and procedures and are properly configured (ex. Microsoft Secure Score, Guard Duty, etc)
• Ability to continuously research, engineer and recommend areas for improvement to the agency’s security environment and toolset
• Experience providing support to incident response and security operations by coordinating with agency service providers and agency directly during investigations
• Experience with developing and ability to run security tests on cloud resources (ex. Data loss prevention, security configuration) using native tools

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of IT Security experience, preferably in a security engineering or cloud engineering role
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline from an accredited college or university required
• Certification in information technology security (e.g., CISSP or CISSM)
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including the ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders
• Experience with NIST 800 series publications
• Ability to obtain federal agency required clearance
• Proactively performs complex tasks with minimal oversight and produces high quality results -- minimal of errors ​
• Leads working sessions to solicit ideas and develop solutions
• Promotes collaboration within team
• Presents to clients and Avint Leadership
• Serves as an Avint brand ambassador
• Always embodies Avint's core values
• Provides support to growth initiatives in area of expertise, e.g., white papers, proposals, slide development, conferences etc..

Benefits

Joining Avint is a win-win proposition! You will feel the personal touch of a small business and receive BIG business benefits. From competitive salaries, full health, and generous PTO and Federal Holidays. Additionally, we encourage every Avint employee to further their professional development. To assist you in achieving your goals, we offer reimbursement for courses, exams, and tuition. Interested in a class, conference, program, or degree? Avint will invest in YOU and your professional development!

Avint is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.