Cyber Operations Engineer (USAF Cloud One)

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

$70K/yr - $126K/yr

Entry, Mid Level

Leidos is a leading technology company serving government and commercial customers, currently seeking a Cyber Operations Engineer to support the U.S. Air Force Cloud One initiative. This role involves providing incident response and security operations support for a multi-cloud environment, ensuring compliance and enhancing security posture.

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Responsibilities

Provide Incident Response (IR) and security operations support for the USAF Cloud One (C1) enterprise cloud environment supporting AWS, Azure, Oracle, and GCP at DoD Impact Levels (IL) 2–6
Maintain audit log configuration, monitoring, and retention compliance
Support incident reporting and documentation in accordance with DFARS 252.204-7012 and 252.239-7010
Ensure compliance with SCCA and Cloud SRG requirements
Support secure configuration of AWS, Azure, Oracle, and GCP cloud environments
Support the development, updates, and maintenance of RMF authorization artifacts in accordance with DoDI 8510.01 and NIST SP 800-53
Support Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) within a DevSecOps or cloud-based environment, including implementation of automated control validation, continuous monitoring integration, and real-time POA&M management
Support ATO maintenance and sustainment activities for C1 and DPaaS environments
Support Authority to Use (ATU) conditions and remediation tracking as directed by the AO
Assist Government ISSO/ISSM with maintaining compliance with: DoDI 8500.01 (Cybersecurity), DoDI 8510.01 (RMF), AFI 17-101 (RMF), DoD Cloud Computing SRG, DISA STIG/SRG, CNSSI 1253
Support security control assessments, audit readiness, and third-party cybersecurity inspections

Qualification

Required

Bachelor's degree with 2–4 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 2 of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
Active Secret clearance at a minimum required to start
US citizenship required
CompTIA Security+ (IAT Level II) or equivalent required