Data Security Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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On-site
Location
Fort Meade, MDMcLean, VABratenahl, OHFort Belvoir, VAIndianapolis, INDoral, FLOmaha, NEHuntsville, ALArlington, VACleveland, OHColorado Springs, COReston, VA
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Feb 1, 2027

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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 · Data Security Engineer

The Data Security Engineer will architect, deploy, and configure data security solutions for DoD, IC, and civilian federal clients. Working within a team to support hybrid cloud environments, the engineer will create new architectures adhering to Zero Trust best practices and IC data header guidelines. Daily responsibilities include building custom policies to ensure positive control of data, tuning and troubleshooting data protection controls, and documenting technical architectures. The role requires expertise in Data Loss Prevention technologies such as Forcepoint, Trellix, Symantec, or Microsoft Purview. Candidates must possess skills in cybersecurity, networking, operating systems, identity, and cloud infrastructure. The work involves solving complex technical issues and implementing security capabilities like Data Security Posture Management, Trusted Data Format, and Attribute-Based Access Control within federal information security frameworks.

What you'll do

  • Architect, deploy, and configure data security solutions for DoD, IC, and civilian federal clients.
  • Create new security architectures adhering to Zero Trust best practices and IC data header guidelines.
  • Build custom policies to ensure positive control of data across hybrid cloud environments.
  • Implement and administer Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies such as Forcepoint, Trellix, or Microsoft Purview.
  • Tune and troubleshoot data protection policies and controls within complex enterprise environments.
  • Document and diagram technical architectures for security solutions.
  • Evaluate and implement new security technologies and capabilities to meet client requirements.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, configuring, and supporting enterprise data security solutions.
  • Experience implementing and administering Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies such as Forcepoint, Trellix, Symantec, or Microsoft Purview.
  • Experience tuning and troubleshooting data protection policies and controls.
  • Experience integrating security solutions within complex enterprise environments.
  • Experience documenting and diagramming technical architectures.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues and developing scalable engineering solutions.
  • Knowledge of engineering across cybersecurity, networking, operating systems, identity, cloud, and enterprise infrastructure.
  • Secret clearance and HS diploma or GED.
  • Experience with Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solutions (preferred).
  • Experience working in federal, DoD, or IC agency environments (preferred).
  • Experience managing and maintaining containerization technologies such as Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, directives, frameworks, and risk management processes (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Trusted Data Format (TDF) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) (preferred).
  • Knowledge of Virtru Data Security Platform (DSP) and Keycloak (preferred).
  • Top Secret clearance (preferred).
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).

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