AI/Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer

Location:Suitland, MD
Employment Type:Full-Time
Work Arrangement:100% On-Site
Security Requirement:Must be U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident eligible to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Salary Range:$130,000 - $140,000

Who We Are

RCG, Inc. is a growing federal contracting company proudly Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for four consecutive years. We provide innovative technology and cybersecurity solutions supporting complex federal government environments.

The Opportunity

RCG is seeking anAI/Cybersecurity Solutions Engineerto support a federal Security, Architecture, and Engineering (SAE) team in Suitland, MD. This is a hands-on senior engineering role for an experienced professional who combinesgenerative and agentic AI engineering, cloud security, cybersecurity automation, and federal compliance expertise. The selected candidate will help drive an agentic AI security platform, develop and harden automation supportingNIST 800-53 security assessments and remediation workflows, and take ownership of technical workstreams from requirements and implementation through CI/CD, deployment, and evidence generation. The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable developing Python-based AI automation, working with AWS security services and IAM, implementing secure cloud solutions, and maintaining the technical documentation and project traceability required in an auditable federal environment.

What You’ll Do

AI & Security Automation

• ImplementAmazon Bedrock agent action groups, including OpenAPI schemas and Python Lambda execution layers.
• Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using Bedrock Knowledge Bases with sources such as NIST 800-53, CIS Benchmarks, organizational System Security Plans (SSPs), and threat intelligence.
• Engineer prompts, guardrails, and input validation to improve AI accuracy, security, and resistance to prompt-injection attacks.
• Evaluate and evolve foundation-model strategies as AI capabilities and platform requirements mature.
• Develop AI-assisted capabilities supporting security assessment, remediation, hardening, alert triage, and compliance workflows.

Cloud & Cybersecurity Engineering

• Build automatedNIST 800-53 control assessmentsand security evidence collection capabilities.
• Develop remediation and hardening automation across AWS services, includingS3, EC2, IAM, CloudTrail, ECS, and EKS.
• Integrate live data fromAWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, and Configto support environment-aware security analysis and AI-assisted decision-making.
• SupportBOD 26-04 SLA logic, CISA KEV correlation, risk enrichment, and remediation SLA tracking.
• Support security telemetry aggregation and integration with SIEM technologies, including Microsoft Sentinel and AWS Security Lake.

Container & Software Supply Chain Security

• Support ECR vulnerability scanning, EKS runtime monitoring, and container configuration hardening.
• Develop and analyze Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) using formats such asSPDX and CycloneDX.
• Correlate vulnerabilities with theCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)catalog to support risk-based prioritization.
• Perform dependency, provenance, and software supply-chain security checks, including detection of typosquatting and unsigned container images.

Platform Engineering & Delivery

• MaintainGitLab CI/CD pipelinessupporting linting, testing, security scanning, builds, and deployments.
• Implement secure OIDC-based AWS authentication.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code usingCloudFormation and/or Terraformwith least-privilege IAM.
• Support deployment and rollout verification across application and Kubernetes/EKS environments.
• Maintain strong Git practices, including branching, merge requests, and clean version-control history.

Documentation, Compliance & Technical Leadership

• Manage engineering work throughJira, maintaining accurate tickets, epics, sub-tasks, workflows, status, and handoffs.
• MaintainConfluencedocumentation, including architecture guides, runbooks, decision records, and onboarding materials.
• Produce technical design documentation, evidence packages, and other artifacts capable of supporting federal security assessments and audits.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, engineering work, code, deployments, and security evidence.
• Take primary ownership of assigned technical workstreams and collaborate closely with cybersecurity and engineering team members.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline.
• 4+ yearsof cloud security engineering experience.
• 2+ yearsof production experience with generative AI/LLM technologies.
• 2+ yearsof experience working with AWS security services.
• 2+ yearsof experience supporting federal compliance frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA.
• 2+ yearsof active Jira and Confluence experience in an Agile or technical delivery environment.
• Current DoD 8570-compliant certification required specifically Security +.
• Solid experience with Python development experience, including Python 3.11+, boto3, type hints, and robust error handling.
• Experience withAmazon Bedrock, including agents, action groups, Knowledge Bases, guardrails, prompt engineering, and RAG.
• Knowledge of AWS security technologies, includingSecurity Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, Config, IAM, CloudTrail, and OIDC.
• Container security experience withECR, ECS/EKS, image scanning, runtime monitoring, and hardening.
• Knowledge ofNIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, including control families, assessment procedures, and evidence requirements.
• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code technologies, includingGitLab CI and CloudFormation and/or Terraform.
• Git/version-control experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing technical work in Jira and maintaining team documentation in Confluence.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building production AI agents.
• Experience supporting ATO and continuous monitoring activities.
• Experience administering or configuring Jira boards and Confluence spaces.
• Experience supportingfederal IT security programs.
• Familiarity withCISA Binding Operational Directives, including BOD 22-01 and BOD 26-04.
• Experience withAWS Security Lake, OCSF, OSCAL machine-readable compliance, or Microsoft Sentinel integration.
• Experience with AI red teaming or adversarial testing of LLM applications.
• Familiarity with software supply-chain technologies and frameworks such asSLSA, Sigstore, and in-toto.
• Certifications such asAWS Certified Security – Specialty, CISSP, CISM, CKS, or AWS machine learning certificationare preferred.

Work Environment

This is afull-time, 100% on-site position in Suitland, MDsupporting a federal government cybersecurity and enterprise IT environment. The selected candidate will work as part of a highly technical Security, Architecture, and Engineering (SAE) team supporting AI, security automation, cloud security, compliance, and related engineering initiatives. The role requires strong individual ownership as well as close collaboration with cybersecurity engineers, technical leadership, and other program personnel. The technical environment includesAWS, Amazon Bedrock, EKS, GitLab, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, Jira, Confluence, Python, VS Code, Jupyter Notebook, and related cloud and cybersecurity technologies.

Please Note

Due to the requirements of this federal program, successful candidates must be aU.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Residentand must be eligible to obtain and maintain aPublic Trust. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of all applicable government background investigation and customer onboarding requirements.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Work for a company proudly Certified™ as a Great Place to Work® for four consecutive years.
• Support mission-focused federal cybersecurity and technology initiatives.
• Work directly with emerginggenerative AI and agentic AI technologies.
• Solve complex challenges involving AI, cybersecurity, cloud security, automation, and federal compliance.
• Work with modern AWS security, container, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Opportunities for continued technical and professional development.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) with company match.

Equal Opportunity Employer

RCG, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources