Cloud Security Engineer at GuidePoint Security
Reston, VA
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Jul 7, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A federal presales security engineering role focused on cloud security within Intelligence Community environments. Day-to-day work spans assessing and documenting security posture under the Risk Management Framework, designing and implementing cloud security architectures (on-premises, cloud, and hybrid), and advising clients on translating security objectives into policy and procedures. Suited to candidates holding an active TS/SCI clearance with substantial cloud administration and security compliance experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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).
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.
Why we read it this way (11)
The role is a federal presales/security engineering position supporting IC clients; it blends cloud security architecture, RMF/A&A compliance work, and some infrastructure-as-code — making it a genuine hybrid between 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) and 15-1299 (cloud/security engineer). 15-1212 was chosen as the primary because RMF, A&A, security documentation, and compliance assessment dominate the described day-to-day work.
TS/SCI is a hard gate; the posting additionally requires the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence (CI) polygraph, which is noted but not yet required at hire.
The degree requirement is tiered (Associate + 5 yrs / Bachelor's + 3 yrs / Master's + 1 yr); because equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of a higher degree, no minimum degree is flagged as a hard gate.
Total years minimum is set to 5, reflecting the 'Associate's degree and 5+ years' floor (the most permissive path). The 5+ years of cloud environment experience aligns with this floor.
The DoD 8570 IAT Level III and CSSP-IS certifications are listed as required but must be obtained within 30 days of start — they are not a pre-hire gate. They are captured as must-have skills using the most common representative cert from each group, with alternatives covering the full list.
The posting notes the role is 'remote workforce primarily' but also states 'working on-site may be required for Federal positions' — some on-site work at IC client sites is likely given the TS/SCI requirement.
SDLC and AI tools appear under 'Preferred Qualifications' and are marked accordingly. 'Cloud technologies' under Preferred was omitted as a separate skill since cloud is already captured as a required skill.
'Security documentation' is retained as a skill because the JD explicitly gates on experience developing and evaluating specific artifacts (SSPs, contingency plans, COOPs) — it is a concrete, assessable capability even though it is not a named tool.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): security documentation.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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