Mid-Level Security Automation Engineer

Title: Mid-Level Security Automation Engineer

Location: Scott AFB, Illinois, United States

Department: Information Technology

Overview

DecisionPoint is seeking a skilled Mid-Level Security Automation Engineer to join our Cloud Services (CS) team. In this role, you will help maintain and enhance the ARTRANS AWS cloud environments and DevSecOps platform.

You will implement and manage security controls for ARTRANS DevSecOps pipelines and AWS GovCloud accounts, ensuring compliance with NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 through the Risk Management Framework (RMF). Additionally, you will integrate RMF requirements and associated security controls into the DevSecOps pipeline to enable continuous security and compliance across Programs of Record.

This position is fully remote and requires an active Secret clearance.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize AWS GovCloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Utilize Terraform, Helm, and YAML manifests to deploy and update infrastructure, platform services, and application configurations.
• Identify and remediate findings in AWS Security Hub.
• Execute infrastructure changes via approved code repositories and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop solutions for RMF risk assessments and create Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms).
• Embed security controls within Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CaC) processes.
• Recommend effective courses of action for risk mitigation.
• Assess and recommend tools and platform features to support compliance with Zero Trust architecture and RMF security requirements.
• Detect and remediate configuration drift in Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, and AWS environments.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance is required.
• Associate degree with at least 6 years of related experience, or 8 years of continuous related work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Possess a DCWF 8140, IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE.
• Strong understanding of AWS GovCloud environments
• Demonstrated proficiency with Terraform, Helm, YAML, and Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS Security Hub and remediation of cloud-security findings

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

• EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.