Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Description
Apply your cybersecurity and automation expertise to design and maintain systems that streamline complex cyber activities in a consulting environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools that automate complex cyber activities
- Use advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise to deliver solutions with full industry knowledge
- Develop innovative solutions to complex problems
- Operate with limited direction
- Mentor and supervise team members
Requirements
- Experience with CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, DoD security controls, or cybersecurity compliance frameworks
- Experience developing automation for cybersecurity, compliance, cloud governance, or infrastructure operations
- Experience integrating REST APIs and working with 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 and compliance requirements into repeatable workflows and technical requirements
- Ability to design automation that produces traceable outputs, source citations, audit logs, and human review checkpoints
- Ability to work with read-only access to code, SSPs, account metadata, configuration data, and security tooling
- Public Trust
- Bachelor’s degree
Technologies
- CMMC
- NIST 800-171
- FedRAMP
- DoD security controls
- REST APIs
- Git repositories
- Jira
- ServiceNow
- Cloud APIs
- SSPs
- POA&Ms
Nice If You Have
- Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, policy-as-code, OPA, or comparable technologies
- Experience designing AI-assisted workflows, retrieval augmented generation, agent workflows, MCP integrations, or enterprise knowledge systems
- Experience building platform selection, workload rationalization, or decision support tools
- Experience with ServiceNow CMDB, Jira, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise, or similar systems
- Experience working across commercial, GovCloud, CUI, or IL5 environments
- Knowledge of secure software development, secrets management, identity, data classification, and least-privilege access
- Ability to evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, provenance, uncertainty, and unsupported claims
- Ability to establish measurable baselines for cycle time, evidence quality, adoption, and automation effectiveness
- CISSP, CCSP, Security+, CySA+, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent certification
Vetting
- Selected applicants will be subject to a government investigation
- May need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client
- Public Trust determination is required
Compensation
- Salary range: $86,900 - $198,000 per year (annualized USD projected range)
- Compensation is determined by location and the individual’s education, knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, plus contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements
- This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program acknowledging employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of Booz Allen values
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen benefit programs
Work Model
- Onsite: Work primarily performed full-time at a customer facility
- Employees collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role
Identity & AI Policy
- Identity verification may use advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud
- Expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments
- Right to take a picture to verify identity and prevent fraud
- AI tools are part of daily work, but using AI or other tools to assist with interview responses is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided
Location
- Annapolis Junction, MD (onsite)
Non-Discrimination
- All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or other protected status under applicable federal, state, local, or international law