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Overview: <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">GovCIO is hiring a Security Engineer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Data Modernization initiative supporting VA environment vulnerability remediation. The Senior Security Engineer will provide guidance on cloud security, deliver surge support for data ingestion needs, and help customers efficiently navigate the Security Impact Analysis (SIA) process. This position is fully remote within the United States. </span></p> Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Supports vulnerability identification, analysis, and remediation across UNIX/Linux systems , VMware infrastructures, and containerized workloads.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Apply security engineering best practices to cloud environments in AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, ECR, ES) and Azure (Key Vaults, Storage Accounts, Databricks).</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Ensures secure configurations, compliance alignment, and mitigation of risks across application, infrastructure, and data layers.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Provides end‑to‑end security support for all aspects of the Data Modernization effort, including secure workspace provisioning, access configurations, and governance controls.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Deliver surge support to help customers ingest additional datasets securely, ensuring compliance with VA security and privacy requirements.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Guide users through the Security Impact Analysis (SIA) process.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Collaborate with intake, provisioning, and data engineering teams to ensure security requirements are integrated into automated workflows and common use‑case configurations.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Support the rapid provisioning goal by ensuring security checkpoints are met within required SLAs (1–2 days when applicable).</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Coordinate with Databricks SMEs, CDW data teams, and VHA Data Lake stewards to validate security configurations and ensure secure data connectivity.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Maintain and update security documentation, standard operating procedures, security architecture diagrams, and onboarding guidance.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Support the “single front door” customer experience by contributing security-focused content related to onboarding, platform policies, and data access procedures.</span></li></ul> Qualifications: <p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><u><span style="color: black;">Required Skills and Experience:</span></u></strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years experience in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (or commensurate experience)</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience in security engineering, cloud security, or cybersecurity compliance roles.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Strong understanding of security frameworks such as NIST, RMF, FedRAMP, or similar governance models.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Ability to work with cross-functional teams and communicate security requirements to both technical and non‑technical audiences.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><u><span style="color: black;">Preferred Skills and Experience:</span></u></strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience conducting or supporting Security Impact Analyses (SIA), risk assessments, or security authorizations.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Proficiency with Azure cloud security tools, identity and access management (IAM), service principals, and role-based access controls.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience with UNIX, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, VMware, AWS( EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, ECR, ES), Azure ( Azure Resource provisioning, Databricks, key vaults, storage accounts),, ADF, Synapse, Azure DevOps, Github, IBM Rationale tools suite, Cockroach DB, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), Shell, Terraform, Cloud Migration and Application development</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Experience supporting federal government environments, ideally within the Department of Veterans Affairs or healthcare-related systems.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Familiarity with Databricks security models, data lake access controls, and secure data ingestion processes.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Working knowledge of ServiceNow, Jira, SharePoint, or similar platforms used for workflow and ticketing.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Understanding of cloud data architectures, including data warehouse provisioning, linked services, and data pipeline security.</span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Certifications such as Security+, CISSP, CCSP, Azure Security Engineer, or equivalent.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong><u><span style="color: black;">Clearance Required </span></u></strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;">Ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/Public Trust  </span></li></ul> Posted Salary Range: USD $145,000.00 - USD $165,000.00 /Yr.

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