Senior Cloud Security Engineer (Information Security)

As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you will be the subject matter expert contributing to FedRAMP efforts to ensure commercial cloud services and information systems are meeting FedRAMP requirements.

Location of position: This position is located in 1800 F Street NW, Washington DC with the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Division’s Security Branch.

We are currently filling 3 vacancies, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

For each job on your resume, provide:

• the exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

The GS-14 salary range starts at $143,913.00 per year.

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.

Applicants applying for the GS-14 grade level must meet the following requirements: Have IT-related experience demonstrating EACH of the four competencies AND one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service as described below:

IT SPECIALIST COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

Attention to Detail - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant investigates and evaluates “state of the art” technology of the industry.

Customer Service - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant confers with users to evaluate the effectiveness of, or identify the need for, computer programs or management systems.

Oral Communication - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant persuades others to take a particular course of action or to accept findings, recommendations, changes, or alternative viewpoints.

Problem Solving - This skill is generally demonstrated by assignments where the applicant identifies and accommodates technology and resource constraints.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Specialized Experience is defined as: Coordinating and providing technical advice within a security, compliance, infrastructure, or similar engineering function for a cloud service offering that provides on-demand self-service access to technology resources over the internet; OR as an assessor within a Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) conducting comprehensive security assessments of cloud service offerings against Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements.