Location: Remote (U.S.) Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Salary Range: 100K – 120K LTS is seeking a skilled and mission-focused Cyber Security Engineer to support a major modernization initiative within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health portfolio. This role will support cybersecurity engineering, risk management, and security modernization efforts across enterprise healthcare systems and infrastructure environments supporting Veteran healthcare operations nationwide. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience securing complex federal IT systems, supporting cloud and hybrid environments, and implementing cybersecurity solutions aligned with federal compliance frameworks and Zero Trust initiatives. This individual will work closely with infrastructure, application, integration, and DevSecOps teams to ensure modernization efforts are designed and deployed with security at the forefront. What You’ll Do: • Support cybersecurity engineering for the pilot, including cloud security, RMF/ATO support, compliance documentation, and continuous monitoring. • Secure AWS-based environments through identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, network security, vulnerability management, and configuration hardening. • Configure, monitor, and support AWS security services such as AWS Network Firewall, Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Inspector, and related capabilities. • Support security planning for an AWS Commercial Cloud environment with consideration for future migration to AWS GovCloud or another VA-approved hosting environment. • Assist with ATO planning, control implementation, evidence collection, compliance reporting, and approval workflows. • Work within eMASS, ServiceNow GRC, or similar risk management systems to support ATO artifacts, information assurance tasking, POA&M tracking, and security documentation. • Develop and maintain SSPs, POA&Ms, SOPs, risk assessments, control n
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ABOUT THE ROLE The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for independently executing defined security engineering and operational work across Accela’s endpoints, identities, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems. This role applies established security standards and practices to troubleshoot issues, maintain technical controls, analyze findings, implement solutions, and identify opportunities to improve how the team operates. The Cybersecurity Engineer partners with IT, Engineering, DevOps, IAM, Compliance, and other teams to maintain effective technical safeguards while supporting business continuity. The role is expected to independently manage routine and moderately complex work, make sound decisions within established practices, and escalate highly complex or unfamiliar matters to senior engineers or security leadership as appropriate. The ideal candidate brings strong enterprise IT
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 3+ years of experience in enterprise IT, endpoint operations, identity and access management, security operations, systems administration, or a related technical field; All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or based on disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation #LI-Remote
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Accela
About us: Accela is the industry pioneer in government licensing, permitting, service request, and inspection solutions, with more than 20 years of experience. We offer cloud based Civic Applications and a robust, scalable solutions platform informed by industry best practices. In short, Accela helps governments innovate, so they can improve the business and citizen experience, promoting community development and creating an environment where citizens and businesses thrive. At Accela, employees enjoy a culture that emphasizes performance, productivity and collaboration. You can’t help but feel empowered and motivated when you work with like-minded individuals who are passionate about contributing to a market-leading, high-growth software organization with proven technology. Accela is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will respond to requests for job accommodations.
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