Cybersecurity Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Annapolis Junction, MDMcLean, VA
Salary
$86,900–$198,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Below market

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This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$192,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $167k 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

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 1385 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Cybersecurity Engineer

As a Cybersecurity Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities while mentoring team members. You will translate intricate security and compliance requirements into repeatable workflows and technical requirements, ensuring automation produces traceable outputs, audit logs, and human review checkpoints. The role involves managing infrastructure operations and cloud governance within environments such as GovCloud or IL5. Key technical competencies include experience with CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, and DoD security controls. You will work with REST APIs, Git repositories, Jira, ServiceNow, and various cloud APIs. Preferred skills include Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, policy-as-code, OPA, and AI-assisted workflows involving retrieval augmented generation or agent workflows. The role focuses on solving complex problems related to cybersecurity compliance, evidence collection, system boundaries, and secure software development.

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cybersecurity activities.
  • Translate complex security and compliance requirements into repeatable workflows and technical requirements.
  • Develop automation for cybersecurity, compliance, cloud governance, and infrastructure operations.
  • Integrate REST APIs, Git repositories, Jira, ServiceNow, and other enterprise systems.
  • Create automated processes that produce traceable outputs, audit logs, and human review checkpoints.
  • Manage security controls and evidence collection for frameworks like CMMC, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP.
  • Mentor and supervise team members while working independently to solve technical problems.

What we're looking for

  • Public Trust determination is required.
  • Experience with CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, DoD security controls, or other cybersecurity compliance frameworks.
  • Experience developing automation for cybersecurity, compliance, cloud governance, or infrastructure operations.
  • Experience integrating REST APIs, Git repositories, Jira, ServiceNow, cloud APIs, or enterprise systems.
  • Knowledge of SSPs, control inheritance, POA&Ms, evidence collection, system boundaries, and shared responsibility models.
  • Ability to translate complex security requirements into repeatable workflows and technical requirements.
  • Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, Security+, CySA+, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent (preferred).
  • Bachelor’s degree.

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