Cloud Security Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Lexington, MA
Salary
$112,900–$257,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
29 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 26, 2026

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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 1662 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Cloud Security Engineer

The Elastic Cloud Security Engineer designs, implements, and maintains systems to automate complex cyber activities within government cybersecurity environments like SOC or SIEM operations. You will build log ingestion pipelines, manage Elasticsearch index lifecycle policies, and create Kibana dashboards for security operations. Key responsibilities include parsing and normalizing heterogeneous log sources into Elastic Common Schema fields, optimizing collections from AWS platforms, and developing detection rules. You will utilize technologies including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet, and ES|QL. The role requires applying AI/ML concepts for anomaly detection and behavioral baselining, potentially using Python, scikit-learn, and PyTorch. You will solve technical problems involving cross-domain data flows in multi-classification environments, ensuring robust security analytics through threat scoring and automated alert triage workflows.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities.
  • Manage Elasticsearch index lifecycle policies, templates, and data streams at scale.
  • Build Kibana dashboards, visualizations, and lens-based analytics for security operations.
  • Design log ingestion pipelines for parsing, enrichment, and normalization across heterogeneous sources.
  • Map non-standard log sources into Elastic Common Schema (ECS) compliant fields.
  • Optimize log collections from AWS platforms, endpoints, and network devices.
  • Develop and manage Elastic Security detection rules, alerts, and case management workflows.
  • Implement AI/ML concepts for anomaly detection, behavioral baselining, and threat scoring.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience administering Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, or Fleet.
  • Experience managing Elasticsearch index lifecycle policies, templates, data streams, and building Kibana dashboards and visualizations.
  • Experience with Elastic Security detection rules, alerts, case management, and log ingestion pipeline design.
  • Experience with Elastic Common Schema (ECS) and mapping non-standard log sources into ECS-compliant fields.
  • Experience working in government cybersecurity environments such as SOC, SIEM operations, or defensive cyber.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Experience with AI/ML concepts for security analytics, including anomaly detection and behavioral baselining. (preferred)
  • Bachelor’s degree.

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