Cyber Automation Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton1 day ago
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools that automate complex cybersecurity activities.
- Develop automation, integrations, and security tooling for enterprise cloud and platform environments.
- Automate security controls, compliance validation, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and incident response activities.
- Implement logging, monitoring, audit, and security telemetry solutions across AWS, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise applications.
- Deploy and operate security capabilities in containerized and cloud-native environments.
- Collaborate with cloud engineers, platform engineers, data engineers, and security stakeholders on secure architectures, security risks, remediation strategies, and technical solutions.
- Work independently on complex problems and mentor and supervise team members.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing cybersecurity automation solutions for enterprise cloud or platform environments.
- At least 5 years of experience automating security controls, compliance validation, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, or incident response.
- Experience with Python, APIs, scripting frameworks, or cloud-native services for automation, integrations, and security tooling.
- Experience implementing logging, monitoring, audit, and security telemetry solutions across AWS, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise applications.
- Experience supporting federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks such as RMF, ATO, NIST 800-53, or Continuous Monitoring.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS EKS in containerized and cloud-native environments.
- TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Preferred experience includes automated compliance, security posture management, vulnerability remediation, policy enforcement workflows, AWS security services, SIEM platforms, SOAR tools, cloud security posture management, CI/CD security integration, Git-based workflows, Databricks, AI/ML platforms, and data platforms.
- Preferred certifications include Security+, CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, GIAC, or CCSP.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits are offered.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care benefits are available.
- Recognition awards and other total well-being programs are offered.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis may participate in Booz Allen benefit programs, with eligibility varying for employees below that threshold.
- The posting states that remote roles may occasionally require work at a Booz Allen or customer facility, hybrid roles require work at a Booz Allen or customer facility according to leadership and role needs, and onsite roles are primarily performed at a customer facility.
- The role is subject to identity verification involving biometrics and camera use during interviews and assessments.
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).