Salary
≈ $115k – $224k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (McLean)
Seniority
Senior · 7+ years exp
Employment
Contractor
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 22, 2026. Strategic Staffing Solutions scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) is an IT consulting and business services firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, providing staff augmentation, managed services, total workforce management programs and direct-hire recruiting. Founded in 1990 by Cynthia Pasky, it deploys more than 4,000 consultants for Fortune 500 clients in financial services, energy and utilities, healthcare and insurance, with hubs in Buenos Aires, San Jose, London, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Manila and Singapore. Its job board lists contract and permanent roles at client sites, including AI architects and engineers, business and data analysts, project managers, service desk analysts and recruiters.
Job Title: Cloud Engineer
Location: Remote; Plano, TX or McLean, VA preferred
Duration: 14 months
Pay Rate: $70 - $80/HR (W2 Only)
Candidates will be required to complete a Glider Assessment for submission
Job/Role Description:
- Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects as part of an engineering team focused on cryptography, data protection, distributed systems, and cloud-based security solutions.
- Collaborate with Cybersecurity Product Managers, architects, and engineering teams to design and deliver comprehensive cloud-based security solutions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for a mission-critical data protection environment utilizing Protegrity Data Encryption and Tokenization solutions.
- Assess security risks related to data confidentiality and integrity by identifying vulnerabilities and evaluating cryptographic and cybersecurity threats.
- Design and implement robust cryptographic solutions using encryption, hashing, digital signatures, and secure key management techniques to protect sensitive data.
- Develop and enhance enterprise governance frameworks for cryptography, including policies, standards, and guidelines that support consistency, compliance, and auditability.
- Manage and support Protegrity Data Protection solutions within a large Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server environment.
- Develop and maintain Ansible automation to support lifecycle management of Protegrity agent software.
- Utilize Terraform Enterprise to support AWS serverless deployments and integrations with Protegrity Cloud Protector.
- Implement and support Protegrity Fuse File Encryption technologies for data-at-rest protection.
- Maintain, enhance, and support Protegrity Data Protection policies.
- Support integrations between Protegrity and enterprise data management platforms such as Snowflake and Teradata.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to technical communities while helping mentor other members of the engineering team.
- Develop, review, or evaluate code and scripts as required to support security engineering and automation initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- At least 2 years of experience with cryptography or cryptography-related technologies.
- At least 3 years of Cybersecurity Engineering experience.
- At least 2 years of experience with cloud-native technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- At least 2 years of Unix or Linux system administration experience.
- At least 2 years of SELinux experience.
- At least 2 years of experience with Protegrity Data Protection solutions.
- At least 2 years of DevOps experience utilizing Ansible Automation Platform.
- At least 2 years of experience utilizing Terraform Enterprise.
- Strong understanding of data protection, encryption, tokenization, and cryptographic security concepts.
- Experience supporting enterprise security solutions in mission-critical environments.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, and product teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of Cybersecurity Engineering experience.
- 4+ years of experience with the Protegrity Data Protection Platform.
- 3+ years of coding or scripting experience using technologies such as Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Bash, Perl, or Ruby.
- 2+ years of experience with Linux file system technologies and concepts such as FUSE, GPFS, and NFS.
- 2+ years of experience with Linux storage subsystems, clustering, high availability, fault tolerance, and replication concepts.
- 3+ years of experience with DevOps principles and Agile development practices.
- Experience integrating enterprise data protection solutions with platforms such as Snowflake and Teradata.
- Experience with AWS serverless technologies and Protegrity Cloud Protector.
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