AWS Security Architect/DevOps with DoD experience
Quzara, LLC is looking for full-time AWS Security Architect/DevOps with DoD experience to join its successful, expanding team.
As an AWS Security Architect/DevOps Engineer, your responsibilities will be:
Responsibilities:
- Make a key contribution supporting end-to-end Platform application delivery, including Infrastructure provisioning & automation and integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) platforms, using existing and emerging technologies
- Help develop and manage proper orchestration techniques as it relates to the system and application automation as we migrate workloads to the cloud
- Specify, design, implement, and test features end to end for pertinent cloud and automation technologies.
- Implement security best practices for cloud infrastructure.
- Develop Security Architecture for highly scalable and fault-tolerant applications that adhere to expected standards and discipline from a security posture.
- Introduce best practices and principles to enable consistent delivery and enable alignment with long-term direction.
- Gather and analyze requirements from product owners.
- Align standards, frameworks and security with overall business and technology strategy.
- Define and implement Security standards for SSDLC working closely with DevOps and business leaders to ensure they are adhered to.
- Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
- Provide technical and architectural oversight for systems and projects that are required to be reliable, massively scalable, highly available, and maintainable.
- Ability to drive DevSecOp models and integrate into existing DevOps.
- Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats within DevOps technologies in use.
- Identify and implement testing and code review technologies that improve the security posture of implemented systems including static & dynamic code scans.
- Work with our product organization to develop secure business requirements, develop the security architecture and integrate into our longer term platform strategy.
Salary & Benefits:
- This is based on experience.
Required Experience:
- Minimum 5 years’ AWS Security Architecture experience
- Minimum 3 years’ DoD experience
- Experience provisioning and managing applications in both virtual and cloud infrastructures (AWS and Openstack preferred) (AWS associate certificate preferred)
- Experience in shell scripting for process automation, preferably utilizing Ansible and Cloud Formation
- Experience of Jenkins for continuous integration
- Ability to utilize and work with a large variety of open source technologies and tools
- Data management skills with an emphasis in automation tools
- Container experience in Docker Swarm and/or Kubernetes
- Ability to solve complex problems spanning multiple technologies and disciplines
- Ability to take ownership of issue analysis and resolution efforts and commitment to resolve technical issues in a 24x7 SLA-bound operating environment
- Service oriented approach, with the ability to focus on and deliver assigned tasks in a timely manner with Methodical approach to change execution, implementation and documentation.
- Demonstrate leadership and foster collaborative team approach and interacts well with front line and management providing consultation and expert advice on systems related topics
- Deep understanding of Cloud Services for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google, etc. Including, but not limited to, Infrastructure as a Service (VPC/VNET, EC2/Virtual Machines, Security Groups, Network ACL, ELB/ALB/NLB, etc), Platform as a Service (EBS/S3/Blob, Database, Route53, CDN, etc), Serverless Services (Lambda/Functions, etc), Micro Services (Docker,ECS, etc), Security Services (GuardDuty, WAF, HSM, KMS, etc)
- Extensive experience with automation systems, and version control systems such as, but not limited to Saltstack, Ansible, Jenkins, Terraforms, CloudFormation, Puppet, GIT, Bitbucket, AWS/Azure management tools - AWSConfig, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, Trusted Advisor, SecurityCenter etc)
- Experience with scripting and coding using, but not limited to, Python, or PowerShell, Bash
- Proficiency with AWS and Azure CLI and SDKs.
- Working knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing and firewalling
- Experience building infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform or similar automated techniques
- Experience in documenting security controls for DevOps and Cloud environments using industry standard guidelines such as Center for Internet Security (CIS), Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in conjunction with business requirements
- Knowledge of current and emerging DevOps and Cloud security trends.
- A professional certification in an information security domain such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA preferred but not required.
- Ability to work within an agile project management methodology
Location: Reston, VA (Preferred)
About Quzara, LLC:
Quzara, LLC is a high-growth Cybersecurity start-up with a focus on Cloud, Security and Analytics. Our services focus from Managed Security Services to technical security assessments on applications, infrastructure, cloud, and compliance. Our experience and process-oriented culture continue to drive innovation and quality in our services. Our clients, both small and large, in industry, government, and academia can count on us to deliver personalized, comprehensive solutions that suit their needs and exceed their expectations.
Job Type:
Job Type: Contract
Experience:
- Cloud Security: 3 years (Preferred)
- DoD: 3 years (Preferred)
- DevOps: 3 years (Preferred)
- AWS Security Architecture: 3 years (Preferred)
Education: