AWS DevSecOps & Cloud Security Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton3 days ago
Base Salary
$78k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design secure AWS architectures for cloud-native applications and container platforms supporting Air Force and Department of Defense missions.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code and build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, policy enforcement, and releases across environments.
- Deploy, manage, and harden containerized workloads and implement identity and access controls, network segmentation, encryption, and secrets management.
- Translate cybersecurity requirements into automated controls and support Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities through implementation and evidence generation.
- Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, vulnerability remediation, compliance validation, and operational troubleshooting.
- Review architectures and cloud and container technologies, improve application reliability and security, and mentor engineers on secure development and DevSecOps practices.
- Collaborate with software, AI and ML engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, and mission teams to operate AI agents, retrieval applications, data analytics platforms, and computer vision capabilities.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cybersecurity engineering.
- 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and securing AWS environments using identity, networking, encryption, logging, and monitoring services.
- Experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS-native services.
- Experience deploying and managing containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience integrating vulnerability management, application and infrastructure security scanning, secrets management, software supply chain security, and compliance checks into delivery workflows.
- Experience with Linux system administration and automation using Bash or Python.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust principles and secure-by-design practices, with experience collaborating across the software development lifecycle.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or Engineering.
- Preferred experience includes Air Force, Space Force, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, AWS GovCloud, regulated cloud, RMF, ATO, NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide, or STIG requirements.
- Preferred experience includes Kubernetes and container security, Amazon EKS, GitOps, Policy-as-Code, automated compliance validation, MLOps, LLMOps, AI and ML, generative AI, computer vision, data analytics, Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenSearch, vector databases, knowledge graphs, agentic AI platforms, cloud security posture management, observability, or incident response.
- Preferred qualifications include a Secret clearance, a technical master’s degree, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, CISSP, Security+, or an equivalent cybersecurity certification.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits are available to eligible full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week regularly.
- Benefits include paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards.
- The position’s work model may be remote, hybrid, or onsite as designated, with possible in-person work at Booz Allen or customer facilities and camera use expected during virtual meetings.
- The position is a regular full-time or part-time employment opportunity subject to security investigation and classified-information eligibility requirements.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).