Cyber Automation Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton1 month ago
McLean, VA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Automate cybersecurity workflows including vulnerability scanning, patch orchestration, continuous monitoring, and repetitive SOC tasks.
- Build API integrations between security tools and script automated security playbooks.
- Embed security metrics and controls into DevSecOps delivery platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement software supply chain risk management, infrastructure-as-code scanning, container image scanning, and policy-as-code gates.
- Secure cloud-native delivery platforms through admission controls, network policies, and hardened environments.
- Apply identity and access management, secrets management, least-privilege practices, and secure communication protocols.
Requirements
- Experience with Linux, Windows Server, and macOS.
- Experience with CrowdStrike, Splunk, or ServiceNow monitoring and logging tools.
- Experience with Chainguard images or hardened container base images.
- Experience with Sonatype Nexus or JFrog Artifactory for artifact and container registry management.
- Experience with GitHub DevSecOps workflows, including Actions, CI security jobs, branch protection, CODEOWNERS, required reviews, secret scanning, and Dependabot.
- Experience securing AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes delivery platforms.
- Experience with HTTPS, TLS, SSL, SSH, SSO, MFA, RBAC, and identity federation.
- Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of software development, DevSecOps, or cyber automation experience, or 5+ years of such experience in lieu of a degree.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Preferred experience automating cybersecurity workflows using least privilege, secrets management, and DoD or IC security principles.
Benefits
- Hybrid work in McLean, Virginia, with frequent work at a Booz Allen facility and possible customer-facility visits.
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards and eligibility for Booz Allen benefits for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
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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).