Cybersecurity Engineer (Cloud Security)

Location: Washington, DC; onsite five days per week

Salary: $120,000–$190,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides Microsoft consulting services, cloud solutions, systems management, and custom technology solutions to public-sector, federal-government, and commercial organizations.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, operation, and continuous improvement of secure cloud platforms, architectures, and monitoring systems.
• Develop enterprise-wide cloud security policies, incident response plans, and cyber resiliency strategies.
• Analyze security data to detect, remediate, and prevent cyber threats; coordinate vulnerability management and provide actionable recommendations.
• Advise platform and application teams on secure coding and architecture best practices.
• Provide cybersecurity subject-matter expertise and collaborate with internal teams, external partners, industry, and government security organizations.
• Oversee COMSEC operations and cryptographic key management systems while ensuring compliance with federal and industry standards.

Requirements

• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience, including 3+ years in a cloud security role and deep knowledge of security across cloud environments.
• Expertise in security architecture, network defense, data protection, and threat modeling.
• Demonstrated experience with incident response, log correlation, and risk assessments.
• Strong written and verbal communication, leadership, executive briefing, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required.
• Ability and willingness to work onsite in Washington, DC, five days per week required.
• Selected positions may require a background investigation of up to 10 years and/or US citizenship or clearability.

Nice to have

• Preferred certifications include CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security, or GCIH.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports public-sector and federal-government projects with mission-critical applications and infrastructure.
• Full-time employment with benefits information provided by hirify.global.
• Equal employment opportunity is provided regardless of legally protected characteristics.