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Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
793 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$86,800–$198,000
across 768 roles with salary data.
Security Engineer, Senior serves as a cloud security architect on the team, where you will guide the development of cloud-based security architectures for critical government data systems. You will integrate cybersecurity, authorization, compliance, and DevSecOps practices across infrastructure, applications, data platforms, and CI/CD workflows. Your daily work involves securing cloud-native environments, specifically focusing on AWS GovCloud and Databricks, while recommending tools to address risk management framework requirements. To succeed, you must utilize technologies including Python, Bash, or Go for scripting; Terraform for Infrastructure as Code; and Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration. You will also leverage monitoring platforms like Splunk, Elastic, CloudWatch, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry. The role addresses the technical challenge of securing large-scale distributed systems and ensuring information assurance within regulated environments through automated security controls and robust threat detection capabilities.
What does a Security Engineer earn?
Median $190300 from 85 postings across 40 companies.