Lead Cloud Security Engineer

SAIC is a mission integrator focused on advancing technology and innovation to serve and protect the world through secure mission, enterprise, engineering, and professional services. SAIC is seeking a Lead Cloud Security Engineer and Netskope Subject Matter Expert to design, implement, and secure cloud-based environments for complex enterprise and federal government missions. The role provides senior technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, identity-centric security, and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Design, engineer, implement, and maintain secure infrastructure and security architectures, including access to on premise and cloud applications
• Engineer and troubleshoot Software Defined Networking integrating Netskope and Cisco platforms
• Develop and implement cloud security architectures based on Zero Trust principles, including identity-centric access controls, segmentation, and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Design and implement SASE/SSE security capabilities, including Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Firewall, Private Access, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Integrate cloud security controls into DevSecOps and automated deployment workflows
• Develop technical architecture documentation, design documentation, implementation plans, test plans, standard operating procedures, and other engineering artifacts
• Translate cybersecurity policies, security controls, and compliance requirements into implementable technical solutions
• Troubleshoot complex cloud, network, security, and application connectivity issues
• Work with cybersecurity, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure teams to identify and resolve security and architecture issues
• Lead technical evaluations, proof-of-concepts, pilots, testing, and phased enterprise deployments
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and other technical personnel
• Serve as a senior technical SME to customers, program leadership, security stakeholders, and engineering teams

Requirements:

• BS and 14+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, cloud engineering, proxy, network security, security architecture, or a closely related field
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust requiring U.S. Citizenship
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Netskope/Blue Coat/Zscaler designing, implementing, or securing cloud environments
• Demonstrated experience serving in a prior role as a Security Architect, Cloud Architect, Network Architect, or Network Engineering Lead, with responsibility for designing and implementing secure enterprise infrastructure in complex environments
• Demonstrated experience with Zero Trust security architectures and/or ZTNA
• Experience with cloud networking and security, including VPCs, network segmentation, routing, firewalls, and secure connectivity
• Experience translating cybersecurity requirements into technical architecture and engineering solutions
• Experience producing technical architecture and engineering documentation
• Experience troubleshooting complex cloud and network security issues
• Experience providing technical leadership to engineering teams and serving as a customer-facing technical SME
• Experience leading technical pilots, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and phased deployments
• Experience supporting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) or large federal civilian environments, working with security and engineering stakeholders
• Experience developing or implementing security automation and/or Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Certified Netskope Engineer, with Direct experience implementing Netskope or comparable SASE/SSE platforms in large government organizations
• Cisco Certified Network Associate or higher
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud security deployments
• Experience with NIST 800-53, RMF, CDM, STIG, DIACAP, or comparable federal security frameworks
• Experience with Splunk, NetWitness, SolarWinds, Wireshark, or comparable security/network monitoring tools
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MicroK8s, or other container technologies
• Experience developing automated troubleshooting, diagnostics, reporting, or security operations workflows