Senior Information Security Specialist / Engineer (VMware Government Services) - Opportunity For Working Remotely , WA

Job Description

The Senior Information Security Specialist / Engineer is a key member of the VMware Government Services (VGS) team, focused on ensuring compliance with U S. government cloud security requirements including FedRAMP, DISA Cloud SRG, and Intelligence Cloud.

US-based candidates living outside the DC metropolitan area are encouraged to apply as this role has opportunity for working remotely/home.

*This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and therefore any offer will be contingent upon verification of both of these requirements*

Responsibilities:

• Provide VGS Compliance guidance to VMware cloud security offering business units and product teams

• Work on complex problems and provide highly creative solutions

• Perform FedRAMP security requirement gap assessments and provide remediation guidance on VMware cloud service offerings

• Develop FedRAMP security authorization documentation, including system security plans, contingency plans, incident response plans, configuration management plans, continuous monitoring plans, and Control Implementation Summaries/Customer Responsibility Matrices

• Perform Privacy Threshold and Privacy Impact Assessments

• Support FedRAMP 3PAO security assessments

• Work effectively as part of a geographically distributed team

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in an information security field
• Strong knowledge of AWS GovCloud and AWS Secret Region
• Secure container development and deployment practices expertise
• Experienced in securing Kubernetes clusters
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Knowledge of security processes, best practices, and technical security implementation across various network types, including physical and Cloud and components, firewalls, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and encryption
• Knowledge of current security standards, including:
  • NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
  • NIST Special Publications 800-53, 800-53A, 800-60
  • Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
  • DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Requirements Guide (SRG)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, or related field. Master’s Degree preferred.
• Information Security Certifications such as Security+, CISSP, or CISA

Additional Qualifications

• Prior experience at a Cloud Service Provider,
• C2S experience
• Agile Methodology

*This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and therefore any offer will be contingent upon verification of both of these requirements*

Category : Engineering and Technology
Subcategory: Software Engineering
Experience: Business Leadership
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Posted Date: 2021-01-22

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