Senior Security & Compliance Engineer

• Lead the security engineering and documentation that support the platform’s Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities.
• Maintain the platform security baseline, control evidence, authorization documentation, and continuous monitoring approach.
• Map controls provided by the common platform and identify the application-specific controls each third-party vendor must satisfy.
• Assess third-party applications against prescribed security controls and deployment and hosting standards.
• Review security evidence, test results, and vulnerability findings; document gaps, risk, and criteria for remediation.
• Provide government personnel with clear findings and technical recommendations so they can coordinate remediation with third-party vendors. Validate remediation evidence before deployment or continued hosting.
• Integrate security checks, evidence collection, and monitoring into platform delivery and operations where practical.
• Communicate security posture and unresolved risks to government and program leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Eight or more years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, DevSecOps, or federal authorization.
• Demonstrated experience supporting DoD RMF and ATO activities.
• Strong knowledge of NIST security controls and federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Experience securing cloud-hosted or enterprise application platforms.
• Experience assessing third-party software against security controls, deployment requirements, and vulnerability findings.
• Hands-on software engineering or scripting experience used to automate security control validation, evidence collection, vulnerability checks, or monitoring.
• Ability to work directly with platform engineers, application teams, government personnel, and vendor representatives.
• Active Secret clearance.

• Experience supporting the U.S. Army.
• Experience with AWS or another secure government cloud environment.
• Familiarity with policy as code, automated evidence collection, and continuous monitoring.
• Experience with container security, vulnerability management, identity, logging, or cloud security tooling.
• CISSP, Security+, or another relevant cybersecurity certification.

The target salary range for this position is $160,000 - $190,000.

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances

Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, LMI will only consider applicants with an active Secret clearance or higher.

Job Locations US-VA-Arlington