ABOUT PERATON

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Proficiency in cybersecurity principles and technologies (firewalls, IDS, SIEMs).
• Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Knowledge of the Authorization to Operation (ATO) process and Continuous ATO along with needed documentation.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of cloud networking, storage, and architecture.
• Experience with cloud observability toolsets.
• E xperience with AWS cloud migration.
• Understanding of version control systems (Git).
• Experience configuring continuous integration/continuously delivery (CI/CD) cybersecurity tools.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes environments and container security.
• Basic understanding of Linux administration and programming (Java, Python, C#).
• Understanding of Infrastructure and Configuration as Code tools (Ansible/Terraform).
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions (Azure Entra ID, AWS IAM, Keycloak).
• Current/Active IAT Level II Certification (ie. Security+)
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Associate’s degree and 10+ years of experience, or Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience, or Master’s Degree and 6+ years of experience, or 3 years with PhD. Bachelor’s degree must be in one of the following fields:
• Information Technology
• Cybersecurity
• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Data Science
• Software Engineering
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, candidate must possess a minimum 4 additional years of relevant experience and one or more of the following active certifications-
• Cloud+

A Cloud Security Engineer is needed to assist in the planning, building and management of cybersecurity for the DC3 Cloud Environment. These responsibilities would require a technical understanding and include addressing the cybersecurity of cloud deployments by ensuring the design, configuration, implementation, data controls, monitoring, logging, networking, and general architecture are all compliant with DoD regulations. The Cloud Security Engineer would help configure and build out tooling to scan and remediate vulnerabilities with production deployments and the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines used by development teams to deploy solutions. This position would be responsible for applying the proper cybersecurity controls and working with the architecture teams to make sure the build out of the cloud environments is properly hardened and secured.