Senior Cloud Cybersecurity Analyst

Senior Cloud Cybersecurity Analyst

Remote

Grant Leading Technology is seeking a candidate for Senior Cloud Cybersecurity Analyst to join our dynamic team. The candidate will play a critical role in securing the Internal Revenue Service's next-generation Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) as part of the IRS modernization initiative. This position will support the design, implementation, assessment, and continuous monitoring of cloud-native security controls across a multi-cloud data ecosystem supporting advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, data sharing, and mission-critical tax administration services. The successful candidate will collaborate with enterprise architects, cloud engineers, data engineers, security operations teams, and federal stakeholders to ensure compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements while enabling secure adoption of modern cloud technologies.

This position will be remote, and the hours are 8 am to 5 pm EST.

Responsibilities

* Design, implement, and maintain security controls across cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and hybrid cloud architectures * Evaluate cloud services and architectures against federal cybersecurity standards and IRS security requirements * Support secure migration of legacy data platforms and applications into modern cloud environments * Implement Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles and cloud-native security capabilities * Ensure compliance with federal mandates including: + FISMA + NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) + NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 + NIST SP 800-207 (Zero Trust) + FedRAMP + IRS Publication 1075 * Develop and maintain System Security Plans (SSPs), Security Assessment Reports (SARs), Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation * Support security control assessments and continuous authorization activities * Monitor and analyze cloud security events, logs, and alerts * Investigate cybersecurity inci...