Sr. Security Engineer (Remote)

GovCIO

Full-time other-general
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Location
Springfield, IL, United States
Posted
July 04, 2026

Job Description

United States
Suitability/Public Trust
Fully remote
Cyber Security Services
**Overview**
GovCIO is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Data Modernization initiative with a focus on VA environment vulnerability remediation. The Senior Security Engineer will provide expert guidance on cloud security, deliver surge support for data ingestion needs, and help customers efficiently navigate the Security Impact Analysis (SIA) process. This role is critical to enabling secure, rapid, and scalable access to VA cloud environments. This position is fully remote within the United States.
**Responsibilities**
+ Performs advanced vulnerability identification, analysis, and remediation across UNIX/Linux systems (UNIX, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu), VMware infrastructures, and containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS).
+ Apply security engineering best practices to cloud environments in AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, ECR,...