Cloud Security Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton21 days ago
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define, communicate, and implement cloud security architectures for mission-critical systems.
- Recommend cloud, on-premises, and hybrid security tools and capabilities based on environmental research and risk requirements.
- Evaluate security architectures, develop guidance, troubleshoot issues, and apply the Risk Management Framework.
- Implement AWS security controls, IAM, VPC networking, STIGs, Linux security hardening, and custom STIG-hardened AMIs.
- Configure security analytics, centralized logging, threat detection, and integrations with AWS security services.
- Manage POA&Ms, vulnerability remediation, security documentation, continuous monitoring, and overall security posture improvements.
- Work with developers to meet information assurance and security requirements and mentor cloud security professionals.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building and administering cloud environments and using cloud-native, commercial, government, and open-source tools.
- Experience with security architecture evaluations, guidance development, troubleshooting, and the Risk Management Framework.
- Experience with AWS infrastructure, IAM, VPC networking, security controls, and troubleshooting.
- Experience implementing STIGs, Linux security hardening, and custom STIG-hardened AMIs.
- Experience with Splunk or AWS-native OpenSearch-based security analytics, centralized logging, threat detection, and AWS security service integration.
- Experience with POA&Ms, vulnerability management and remediation, security documentation, continuous monitoring, and security posture improvement.
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
- Secret clearance required.
- Preferred qualifications include SDLC experience, cloud technology experience, multicloud governance and automation knowledge, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and relevant DoD 8570 IAT III or CSSP-IS certifications.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards.
- Hybrid work arrangement with expected work at a Booz Allen or customer facility according to leadership expectations and role needs.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week regularly are eligible for Booz Allen benefit programs.
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).