Security and Compliance Engineer | Top Secret clearance w/SCI eligibility at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, Arlington, VA
Security and Compliance Engineer | Top Secret clearance w/SCI eligibility at AMERICAN SYSTEMS in Arlington, VA. Full-time. Est. up to $160k. Apply with swipeandhired.
Security and Compliance Engineer | Top Secret clearance w/SCI eligibility
Location
US-VA-Arlington
ID
2026-5047
Category
IT / Cyber Security / Network Systems
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No
Clearance Required
Top Secret/SCI
Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned government contractor, is seeking a Security and Compliance Engineer to join our Mission Engineering and Integration Team in Arlington, Virginia.
In this role, you’ll help Government and mission teams securely integrate data, applications, partners, and internal capabilities across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, including classified and controlled information systems. You’ll translate complex cybersecurity and compliance requirements into practical, repeatable solutions that support authorization, access control, encryption, monitoring, and audit readiness.
Your work will help enable secure, mission-ready operations while directly supporting important national security objectives.
*** This job requisition is for potential upcoming work at AMERICAN SYSTEMS and does not represent a current opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted when the work/funding becomes available. ***
Responsibilities
As a Security and Compliance Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS, you will have an opportunity to do the following:
- Define cybersecurity, compliance, encryption, identity, audit, logging, and monitoring requirements for data ingest, application onboarding, partner access, and IPT integration requests.
- Drive authorization readiness by identifying classification, information domain, releasability, transfer direction, control mapping, evidence, and approval requirements early in the intake process.
- Develop security artifacts for integration architectures, interface control documents, access control plans, cryptographic protection plans, test plans, readiness packages, and authorization packages.
- Assess integration risk across least privilege access, ABAC enforcement, cryptographic protections, monitoring needs, auditability, and data handling obligations.
- Coordinate secure implementation with cross-domain, network, cloud, software, data, and operations teams for CDS, diode, RTB-based CDS, API, broker, streaming, and secure-transfer patterns.
- Validate security controls during build, configuration, testing, authorization, production cutover, and sustainment handoff.
- Collect and organize evidence including vulnerability results, control implementation statements, test results, configuration records, findings, mitigation plans, and readiness artifacts.
- Monitor compliance posture for control drift, access-policy exceptions, audit gaps, configuration concerns, and risks to approved baselines or mission data flows.
- Advise mission stakeholders on secure integration approaches that preserve mission velocity while meeting Government authorization and compliance obligations.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI and SAP eligibility
- Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, plus 8+ years of related experience
- CompTIA Security+ CE or an equivalent DoD 8140/8570 baseline certification
- ISC2 CGRC ( formerly CAP) or an equivalent Risk Management Framework (RMF) / Assessment and Authorization (A&A) certification
- Demonstrated knowledge of RMF, ATO support, control mapping, evidence collection, audit readiness, vulnerability management, and risk mitigation
- Experience supporting data movement, application onboarding, partner access, or enterprise integration across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments in classified settings
- Working knowledge of ABAC concepts, identity attributes, least privilege, PKI, certificates, key management, secrets handling, logging, monitoring, and audit requirements
- Familiarity with cross-domain solution planning, controlled transfer mechanisms, classification handling, releasability, and multilevel security landing-zone concepts
- Ability to assess technical changes for security impact, implementation risk, testing requirements, rollback considerations, and documentation updates
- Ability to coordinate across software, platform, network, data, operations, security, compliance, mission, and Government teams
- Experience with NIST security controls, vulnerability scanning, STIG compliance, POA&M tracking, and A&A documentation
Helpful to Have
- Relevant DoD cybersecurity or cloud security certifications, including:
- ISC2: CISSP or CCSP
- ISACA: CISM or CISA
- GIAC: GSEC, GCIH, or GCIA
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Experience supporting mission application onboarding or enterprise data integration in Special Access Program (SAP) or SCI environments
- Experience with eMASS, Xacta, ACAS/Nessus/Tenable, Splunk, STIG Viewer, SCAP, cloud security services, or DevSecOps security tooling
- Experience preparing compliance evidence for operational readiness reviews, change boards, or authorization milestones
EEO Statement
EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status