Cybersecurity Engineer

WashingtonOn-siteFull-time

AI Summary

Leads design, operations and security of cloud platforms, including threat detection, incident response, cyber resiliency strategy and compliance with federal standards. Serves as subject matter expert advising teams and external partners.

About this role

Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Cybersecurity Engineer in this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our country.

The Cybersecurity Engineer leads the design, development, and operations of secure cloud platforms. This position is responsible for advanced threat detection, incident response planning, cyber resiliency strategy, and compliance with enterprise and federal security standards. The engineer acts as a subject matter expert and collaborates across teams and with external partners to protect mission-critical applications and infrastructure.

Responsibilties

Responsible for leading the design, development, and operations of secure cloud platforms and advanced threat detection, incident response planning, cyber resiliency strategy, and compliance with enterprise and federal security standards.

Provide subject matter expertise on cybersecurity and collaborates across teams and with external partners to protect mission-critical applications and infrastructure.

Lead the development of enterprise-wide cloud security policies, incident response plans, and cyber resiliency strategies.

Design, implement, and continuously improve secure cloud-based architectures and monitoring systems.

Analyzes complex security data to detect, remediate, and prevent cyber threats

Guides platform and application teams on secure coding and architecture best practice, coordinates vulnerability management activities and provide actionable recommendations.

Represent the organization in coordination with industry and government security partners.

Oversees COMSEC operations and crypto key management systems (CKMS).

Ensures compliance with federal and industry standards, including NIST, CNSSI 4009, and DoD policies.

Qualifications

8+ years of cybersecurity experience, with 3+ years in a cloud security role and a deep knowledge of cloud security across cloud environments.

Expertise in security architecture, network defense, data protection, and threat modeling.

Demonstrated experience in incident response, log correlation, and risk assessments.

The ability to clearly and effectively communicate complex information Strong communication and leadership skills; capable of briefing executives and managing cross-functional security efforts.

Preferred certifications including: CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security, or GCIH strongly preferred.

The ability and willingness to work onsite 5 days a week in Washington, DC,

An active Top Secret Clearance

Skills

AWS SecurityCCSPCISSPCKMSCloud SecurityCNSSI 4009COMSECData ProtectionDoD PoliciesGCIHIncident ResponseLog CorrelationMicrosoft AzureNetwork DefenseNISTRisk AssessmentSecurity ArchitectureThreat ModelingVulnerability Management