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When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
What are we looking for?
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
Working@AIS
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Security Engineer.Core Knowledge & Skills: Applies advanced network security, cryptography, vulnerability assessment, regulatory compliance, and access/governance principles.
Work & Complexity: Conducts security assessments, handles incidents, implements policies, configures advanced security settings, and manages security devices.
Quality & Independence: Conducts thorough assessments, produces clear documentation, improves practices, and works independently within project scope.
Teamwork & Communication: Participates in team projects, shares knowledge, coordinates with other teams, and mentors junior staff.
Consulting & Engagement: Advises internal teams, optimizes processes, evaluates technologies, and coordinates vendor support.
Project Summary
AIS is supporting a new Leidos account focused on architecture and infrastructure services in the Boston/Hanscom area. This is a subcontract engagement (approximately 15% workshare) with significant near-term hiring demand (~50 roles) to support federal mission delivery. Roles are primarily remote, with Massachusetts candidates preferred and availability targeted for March/April.
Key Responsibilities
Owns and manages the development of InfoSec engineering designs and implementation
Identifies security issues and risks, and develop mitigation plans for standards for cloud implementations
Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate security-focused tools and services
Oversee assessment and mitigation of system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
Validation of system security requirements definition and analysis
Establishing system security designs
Supports implementing security designs in hardware, software, data, and procedures and verification of security requirements
Design and implement security controls for cloud environments aligned to applicable frameworks (e.g., NIST).
Required For This Opportunity
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
4+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise cloud and/or infrastructure environments.
Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications.
Able to obtain a minimum of a Secret security clearance; active Secret preferred.
Experience working in regulated environments and following secure engineering / documentation practices.
Nice to Have Skills
- Active Secret clearance (or higher).
- Massachusetts-based candidate or ability to support periodic on-site needs at Leidos sites in Concord or Tewksbury, MA.
- Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.
Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
