Cyber Automation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$86,800–$198,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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This role $142k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $126,200–$177,075 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $152k for comparable roles.

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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TL;DR · Cyber Automation Engineer

As a Cyber Automation Engineer, you will join the team to leverage DevSecOps principles to automate complex cyber activities and streamline security operations. You will be responsible for automating critical cybersecurity workflows, including vulnerability scanning, patch orchestration, continuous monitoring, and repetitive SOC tasks while embedding security metrics into delivery platforms. Your daily work involves engineering API integrations, scripting automated playbooks, and hardening cloud-native environments to ensure compliance with enterprise standards. You will utilize a technical stack including Linux, Windows Server, and MacOS; tools such as Crowdstrike, Splunk, and ServiceNow; and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Additionally, you will manage software supply chain risks using Chainguard images, Sonatype Nexus, or JFrog Artifactory while implementing CI/CD security measures like SAST, DAST, and SCA within GitHub DevSecOps workflows to protect deployment paths and minimize risk.

What you'll do

  • Automate critical cybersecurity workflows including vulnerability scanning, patch orchestration, and continuous monitoring.
  • Streamline repetitive SOC tasks through the development of automated playbooks and scripts.
  • Embed security metrics and "shift-left" security tools into CI/CD delivery pipelines.
  • Manage software supply chain risks by securing artifact registries and container base images.
  • Engineer API integrations between modern security tools to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Harden cloud-native environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code scanning.
  • Implement identity and access management protocols including MFA, RBAC, and secure communication protocols.
  • Ensure all technical environments comply with enterprise standards to minimize organizational risk.

What we're looking for

  • Experience with Linux, Windows Server, and MacOS.
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Crowdstrike, Splunk, or ServiceNow.
  • Experience with Chainguard images or hardened container base images for supply chain security.
  • Experience with artifact and container registries such as Sonatype Nexus and JFrog Artifactory.
  • Experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines including SAST, DAST, SCA, and infrastructure-as-code scanning.
  • Experience with GitHub DevSecOps workflows, including Actions, branch protection, and secret scanning.
  • Experience securing cloud-native delivery platforms such as AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes.
  • Experience with identity and access management, including protocols like HTTPS, TLS, SSL, SSH, SSO, MFA, RBAC, and federation.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of experience in software development, DevSecOps, or cyber automation, or 5+ years of experience without a degree.
  • Experience automating cybersecurity workflows while applying least privilege, secrets management, and DoD or IC security principles (preferred).

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