User and Entity Behavior Analytics Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$69,400–$158,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
24 days ago
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Below market

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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 1504 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · User and Entity Behavior Analytics Engineer

The User and Entity Behavior Analytics Engineer joins the Enterprise Cybersecurity team to strengthen identity, security, and insider risk programs. This role involves analyzing user, device, application, network, cloud, and security telemetry to identify deviations from expected behavior, account compromises, and insider risks. You will develop, tune, and maintain UEBA detections, behavioral baselines, anomaly detection rules, and risk-based analytics. Daily tasks include deploying UEBA software, creating dashboards and reports, and collaborating with threat analysts and data scientists to operationalize behavioral analytics for real-time situational awareness. Required skills include experience with UEBA tools like EverFox, CrowdStrike, or Splunk, as well as SIEM, EDR, and identity platforms. The work focuses on improving visibility into anomalous activity to enable coordinated threat detection and automated triage workflows.

What you'll do

  • Develop, tune, and maintain UEBA detections, behavioral baselines, and anomaly detection rules.
  • Analyze user, device, application, network, cloud, and security telemetry to identify cyber threats.
  • Deploy, configure, and maintain UEBA software across the enterprise.
  • Integrate UEBA analytics into SOC workflows to support real-time situational awareness and automated triage.
  • Develop dashboards and reports to communicate behavioral trends and risk indicators to technical and executive audiences.
  • Evaluate alert quality to continuously improve detection logic and reduce false positives.
  • Document analytical methods, investigation findings, and recommended actions clearly and accurately.

What we're looking for

  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Data Analytics is required.
  • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information technology, or analytics in lieu of a degree is required.
  • 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity analytics, security operations, threat detection, threat hunting, insider risk, or UEBA is required.
  • 1+ years of experience with a UEBA tool, including EverFox, CrowdStrike, or Splunk is required.
  • Experience developing, tuning, and operationalizing behavioral analytics, anomaly detection rules, risk scores, or correlation logic is required.
  • Experience using SIEM, UEBA, EDR, identity, or cybersecurity platforms is required.
  • Experience supporting insider threat, data loss prevention, fraud detection, account takeover, or privileged-user monitoring programs (preferred).

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