Job Description

Company Overview

For over 25 years Edgesource Corporation has served as an innovative technology service provider for the Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Department of State (DOS) the U.S. Intelligence Community Law Enforcement and other federal state and commercial clients locally nationally and abroad. From providing boutique technical solutions in support of the DOD Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) mission set to addressing the most critical Cybersecurity threats facing our nation as a prime contractor with the DHS Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) a career at Edgesource is an opportunity to do meaningful interesting and impactful work.

Position Overview:

Edgesource is seeking a highly qualified and technical Cyber Security Engineer to conduct Assessment and Authorization (A&A) for multiple critical mission systems. You will work with software cloud and security engineers to ensure applications and systems are developed to meet required security controls as well as to promote proper security configurations in private and public clouds. You are excited by automation and implement continuous security and performance testing to monitor health of software and systems. You understand why security should be baked-in and ensure findings are fed back in as improvements to the design and architecture. As a Mid-Level Cybersecurity Engineer you will work under direction the of Cybersecurity Lead and be responsible for ensuring the security and protection of our clients digital assets networks and systems. This role can support a hybrid work schedule with duties being performed 3-4 days per week onsite in the Chantilly VA area.

Job Duties:

• Engineer implement and monitor security measures for the protection of cloud application systems networks and information

• Generate and maintain the complete security body of evidence (BoE) while leading the A&A activities according to the Risk Management Framework (RMF)

• Support the technical planning configuration integration verification and validation of pipelines and associated toolchains

• Propose mitigation strategies for vulnerabilities identified in the system

• Provide infrastructure related solution architecture support

• Work with application engineers to streamline CI/CD pipeline build tools

• Provide technical engineering services for the support of integrated security systems and solutions

• Collaborate with other IT and security teams to implement security best practices and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations

• Stay up to date with emerging security trends and technologies

Required Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience in designing implementing or engineering production-scale applications in regulated secure environments

• At least 5 years of direct experience with and strong working knowledge of FISMA and NIST Information Security Guides

• At least 5 years of direct experience managing the security authorization and accreditation process for information systems

• Familiarity with DevOps principles CI/CD pipelines containers and related best practices for cloud deployments

• Demonstrated experience working with cloud native and containerized technologies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Certifications to satisfy IAM/IAT Level II Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Nice to Have Qualifications:

• Experience working in a large software development program using Agile methodologies

• Familiarity with container orchestration and management tools

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools

• Experience with Continuous Monitoring tools

Working at Edgesource

As an ISO 9001:2015 certified and CMMI Level 3 appraised small business Edgesource specializes in providing a variety of technical solutions to include software development database services enterprise networking data center virtualization and management support. We are always seeking top-talent to join our team in helping to address the most critical technical challenges facing our nation.

At Edgesource we understand that our employees are our greatest asset and as such we offer a wide array of benefits to support the well-being of our staff to include:

• Flexible PTO Policy 11 Paid Holidays

• Flexible Work Schedules (Remote / Hybrid)

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• 401k Plan with Match

• Tuition & Professional Development Support

• Commuter Benefits

• Bonus & Employee Referral Programs

• Career Growth Opportunities

Disclaimer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or genetic information. Edgesource is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment its services programs and activities. To request reasonable accommodation please contact our Recruiting Department by email at or by phone at

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