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You’ll join a small, high-visibility team and own the security work that lets IronSled reach production, maintaining the ATO posture, driving vulnerability management, and partnering with cyber stakeholders to keep the platform compliant as it evolves. \nThis is hands-on cyber engineering, not paper compliance. You’ll work alongside platform engineers, ISSOs, and the security team to harden deployments, validate controls, and resolve findings against real systems. If you want to do federal cybersecurity in an environment that ships fast and treats security as part of the product, keep reading.\nIronSled is LMI’s DevSecOps platform that serves as the central hub for all software development projects. IronSled allows internal and external users to set up development environments with just a few clicks.\nAn active TS/SCI security clearance is required.\nLMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. 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