Cyber Automation Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type: On-site
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Salary: $86,800–$198,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Sep 1, 2026

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Below market

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This role $142k

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This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$210,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $176k 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 Lead

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As a Cyber Automation Lead at our company, you will join a dynamic security team as a senior-level engineer responsible for designing and implementing advanced automation solutions within a Zero Trust security framework. Your daily tasks will include leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance access decisions and strengthen security across all Zero Trust pillars, such as User, Device, App and Workloads, Data, Network and Environment, and Visibility and Analytics. You will work with Ansible for configuration management and Infrastructure as Code tools like Salt, Puppet, Chef, or Terraform to manage systems efficiently. Additionally, you will write technical documentation and playbooks for SOC and IR teams, ensuring that the security framework remains intelligent, adaptive, and resilient in a classified environment. Ideal candidates have experience with AI-enabled identity verification, behavioral analytics, and continuous validation, as well as Splunk Enterprise and SOAR for threat detection and access control.

Skills

Ansible Terraform Salt Puppet PowerShell Chef Infrastructure as Code AI Machine Learning Zero Trust Security Splunk Enterprise Splunk SOAR Git IaC CI/CD

What you'll do

Lead the design and implementation of automation solutions in a Zero Trust security framework.
Enhance access decisions using AI and machine learning technologies across all Zero Trust pillars.
Strengthen security protocols by implementing AI-enabled identity verification and behavioral analytics.
Write technical documentation, playbooks, and engineering procedures for SOC and IR teams.
Manage systems with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Salt, Puppet, Chef, or Terraform.

What we're looking for

3+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience with automation tools.
Experience using Ansible for configuration management and IaC tools.
Ability to implement AI-enabled security protocols in Zero Trust framework.
TS/SCI clearance required.
Proficiency in writing technical documentation and playbooks for SOC teams.

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