Sr. Security Engineer (Remote) at GovCIO
Atlanta, GA
$175,000–$200,000from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level security engineering role focused on vulnerability remediation and cloud security for a federal data modernization program at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Day-to-day work involves securing AWS and Azure environments, guiding customers through Security Impact Analysis, supporting secure data ingestion, and integrating security controls into automated provisioning workflows. Best suited to experienced cybersecurity professionals with deep cloud security knowledge and familiarity with federal compliance frameworks such as NIST, RMF, or FedRAMP.
Senior level · 12+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 1,000–2,550
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
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The JD requires a Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of experience OR commensurate experience — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of the degree, the degree requirement is set to None.
The clearance gate is 'ability to obtain and maintain a suitability/Public Trust' — this is a Public Trust background investigation, not a national-security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None.
Azure, IAM, and security-framework experience (NIST/RMF/FedRAMP) appear in the Required Skills section and are marked as hard gates. All other technologies (Linux variants, VMware, AWS services, Docker, Kubernetes, Databricks, Terraform, etc.) appear exclusively under the Preferred Skills section.
NIST, RMF, and FedRAMP are listed as interchangeable governance-framework examples in the required section; they are captured as a single skill with alternatives.
ServiceNow, Jira, and SharePoint are listed together under Preferred as workflow/ticketing platforms and are captured as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
Security certifications (Security+, CISSP, CCSP, Azure Security Engineer) are listed under Preferred and captured as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
IBM Rational tools suite is mentioned in the Preferred section but names no specific tool with a canonical name; omitted per skill-naming rules.
The role is fully remote within the United States; no metro is inferred per caller instruction.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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