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Cybersecurity Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton
San Diego, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Feb 2025
💰 $193,000/yr($84,600/yr$193,000/yr)

About the role

Cybersecurity Engineer, Senior

The Opportunity: 

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your experience in cybersecurity and software engineering that will safeguard our nation? As a systems security and network security engineer, you can identify the tools and applications needed to assess vulnerabilities and recommend the best solution and security strategy. We need your experience to develop and implement security solutions that will protect our military.

On our team, you’ll troubleshoot and analyze complex challenges for customers using your knowledge of software applications and tools. You’ll use your curiosity for technology and market trends to further research and develop security solutions. Using your experience in software development, you’ll help assess security threats and implement infrastructure controls.

In this role, you’ll closely impact our Navy's mission-critical networks by securing our infrastructure. With mentoring, challenging hands-on problem-solving, and opportunities to learn new tools and skills, we focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers.

Work with us as we secure and protect our Navy for the better.

What You'll Work On:

  • Lead and support the integration of cybersecurity into systems engineering processes, ensuring security is considered throughout the system lifecycle.

  • Lead the flow of cybersecurity engineering requirements from stakeholder requirements, through top-level requirements, all the way down to implementable cybersecurity requirements.

  • Lead and manage all events that align with the systems engineering V-model, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all phases from concept to deployment, including requirements definition, design reviews, integration, verification and validation (V&V), test readiness reviews, and production readiness reviews.

  • Perform system engineering tasks related to the Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) process, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, verification, and validation.

  • Collaborate with systems engineering teams to develop and implement cybersecurity requirements and ensure compliance with DoD directives.

  • Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses to identify and mitigate potential security threats.

  • Provide expertise in the development and maintenance of security architectures and frameworks.

  • Support the development and execution of test plans and procedures to validate system security requirements.

  • Engage with stakeholders to identify and roadmap new cybersecurity capabilities and enhancements.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:   

  • 5+ years of experience with engineering architecture and the systems development lifecycle (SDLC)

  • 5+ years of experience with requirements identification, engaging with stakeholders, and road mapping new capabilities

  • 5+ years of experience with analyzing technical and policy documentation for DoD organizations and implementing DoD directives

  • Experience with Security Requirements Guide (SRG) and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements

  • Experience with researching, analyzing, installing, and testing security updates and patches, troubleshooting issues, and reporting findings

  • Knowledge of systems architecture, systems engineering, interoperability, and digitalization of information technology

  • Ability to work individually and on a collaborative team, to investigate and resolve issues that span multiple applications or technologies and require involvement from technical personnel across multiple organizations

  • Secret clearance

  • HS diploma or GED

  • DoD 8140 IAT II Certification, including CompTIA Security+

Nice If You Have:   

  • Experience with network and host-based IDS, IPS, firewall, proxy, and SIEM systems, including configuring and analyzing network defense systems, performing host, network, and log analysis, using network tools such as Anti-Virus, Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, Active Directory, Web Proxies, SIEMs, Email security, Vulnerability Assessment tools, and implementing Defense in Depth principles and practices

  • Top Secret clearance

  • Bachelor’s degree

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

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