Cyber Security Engineer

Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer

Location: Ft Meade, MD/Hybrid

Clearance: Active Public Trust

Job Category: IT

About SHR Consulting Group:

SHR is a premier technology integrator solving our nation’s most complex modernization and readiness challenges across the defense, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and AI. With an intimate understanding of our customers’ challenges and deep expertise in existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions.

Position Overview:

The Cybersecurity Engineer provides hands-on cybersecurity engineering and operational security support for enterprise applications and cloud environments. The position works with system owners, security personnel, application teams, DevSecOps engineers, and operations teams to maintain security compliance, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, support continuous monitoring, and protect sensitive information.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering support across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Support security of applications and infrastructure hosted within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Implement and maintain technical security controls consistent with applicable organizational and federal security requirements.
• Support security authorization, assessment, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Identify, analyze, track, prioritize, and support remediation of application, infrastructure, cloud, and configuration vulnerabilities.
• Review security scan results, assess findings, coordinate remediation with engineering and development teams, and validate corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain security artifacts and supporting documentation for identified vulnerabilities and remediation activities.
• Integrate automated security testing and security controls into DevSecOps and CI/CD processes.

• Support incident response, investigation, containment, remediation, and root cause analysis.
• Support security logging, monitoring, alerting, and audit capabilities.
• Develop and maintain security documentation and evidence supporting security assessments, audits, releases, and change-control activities.
• Protect PII, sensitive information, and system data from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or loss.
• Participate in Agile/SAFe planning, sprint activities, technical working sessions, and security reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security operations, or information systems security experience.
• Experience securing cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure, preferably within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, RMF, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and security control implementation.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, security monitoring/logging, incident response, and DevSecOps security practices.
• Experience supporting security assessments and remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Security+, CISSP, CCSP, Google Cloud security certification, or equivalent certification preferred.

Certifications:

• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent industry-recognized security certification (Required)
• CISSP; CCSP; Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer; CompTIA CySA+; GIAC certifications (Preferred)

Why Join SHR Consulting Group:

At SHR, we foster an environment that promotes growth, innovation, and continuous learning. As a valued member of our team, you will:

• Contribute to impactful government initiatives that enhance national security and public welfare.
• Work in a collaborative, flexible, and forward-thinking work environment.
• Receive competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities.

Join us and make a difference!