Cloud Engineer - FEDRAMP

About Coalfire

Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ hardest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices across the U.S. and U.K., and we support clients around the world.

But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do.

We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement the security capabilities that satisfy FedRAMP’s Key Security Indicators (KSIs) within your team’s specialty domains.
• Build the Security Decision Record (SDR) automation that deploys those capabilities repeatably across many client environments—infrastructure-as-code, pipelines, and configuration baselines, not one-off builds.
• Develop automated validation and continuous-monitoring evidence for each capability, so the certified state is provable every day.
• Deploy into client environments as the subject-matter expert for your domain: land the capability, integrate it with the client’s stack, troubleshoot, and harden.
• Bring lessons from every deployment back to your team, improving the standard implementation for the next client.
• Mentor junior team members by reviewing their work, sharing best practices, and guiding them through troubleshooting and operational standards.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and machine-readable compliance artifacts.
• Support both new FedRAMP environment builds and the modernization of existing ones.
• Author and peer review detailed design and security documentation, inclusive of vendor best practices.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/TRAVEL REQUIRED

• Travel: Approximately 10%, driven by client needs
• U.S. citizenship is required, as this position supports federal compliance programs.

What You'll Bring

• BS or above in a related Information Technology field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years in cloud, security, or platform engineering
• 5+ years supporting cloud architecture, design, implementation, operations, and automation in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and orchestration/automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Automation-first mindset with strong Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or equivalent), CI/CD, and scripting (Python, Go, or similar); exposure to policy-as-code
• Hands-on depth with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and its native services
• Working knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, or comparable security control frameworks
• The instinct to solve a problem once, properly, and package the solution so it works everywhere
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Effective documentation skills, including technical diagrams and written descriptions
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with a professional attitude and demeanor
• Critical thinking, and the ability to balance security requirements with mission needs

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS

• Associate-level (or higher) certification in AWS, Azure, or GCP

Bonus Points

• Direct familiarity with FedRAMP 20x and Key Security Indicators (KSIs)
• Experience with OSCAL or JSON machine-readable compliance formats
• Depth in a likely specialty area: identity (SSO, phishing-resistant MFA), SIEM and log pipelines, vulnerability management, or resilience engineering
• Relevant certifications such as cloud security specialty certifications, CISSP, or GIAC
• Previous experience supporting clients from within a professional services organization
• Familiarity with configuration baseline standards such as CIS Benchmarks & DISA STIG
• Familiarity with frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, HIPAA, HITRUST, or PC