Cloud Security Engineer at Enterprise Solutions & Management in Washington, DC, USA
- Company: Enterprise Solutions & Management
- Location: Washington, DC, USA
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring a Cloud Security Engineer to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.
Job description
- Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring a Cloud Security Engineer to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.
Responsibilities
- The successful candidate will design, implement, and secure cloud-native AWS environments using technologies and services including VPC, IAM, Security Groups, Docker, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, CloudFront, CloudFlare, encryption technologies, and data protection controls. Use AWS Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions to support CI/CD pipelines in Linux environments, while applying expertise in application security, authentication, domain segmentation, risk mitigation, compliance, and regulatory requirements. Be able to utilize security monitoring and assessment tools such as Splunk, Nessus, Tenable Security Center, and enterprise firewall platforms including Palo Alto, Imperva, and Fortinet.
Requirements
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and AWS services, including VPCs, Security Groups, IAM, Docker, KMS, S3 and RDS encryption, HTTPS/SSL certificates, API Gateway, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudFront, Cloudflare, egress proxies, data lake security, application security, domain segmentation, authentication, data protection, and process automation.
- Experience implementing AWS Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and working across Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environments.
- Experience researching, designing, developing, testing, and deploying AWS IaaS and PaaS solutions to support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) in Linux environments.
- Proven ability to develop and execute complex AWS security strategies and implementation plans.
- Experience supporting compliance and regulatory requirements within AWS environments.
- Experience operating in risk-based environments, including risk assessment, mitigation planning, and security implementation in AWS.
- Hands-on experience with security and monitoring tools including Splunk, Nessus, Tenable Security Center, and firewall platforms such as Palo Alto, Imperva, and Fortinet.
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field
- Five (5) years of experience supporting cybersecurity compliance, ISSO functions, information assurance, governance/risk/compliance (GRC), or related security activities.
- Public Trust
- Be a positive, self-motivated, and proactive person with the ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations
- Candidate must communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customer
- Must have the ability and desire to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision
Skills
Required
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
- CI/CD pipelines
- Linux environments
- Application security
- Authentication
- Domain segmentation
- Risk mitigation
- Compliance and regulatory requirements
- Encryption technologies
- Data protection controls
Preferred
- Positive, self-motivated, proactive