Cybersecurity Firewall Engineer

Cybersecurity Firewall Engineer

The Opportunity:

As a cyber professional, you know that understanding adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures is vital to producing the intel that enables the success of clients and mission critical stakeholders. At Booz Allen, you can apply your skills and broad knowledge to inform strategies and mitigate the most pressing vulnerabilities. Here, you aren’t just deciphering reports. You’re telling the story to inform our nation's most important customers and help advance the most far-reaching cyber security decisions. 

As a cybersecurity engineer on our team, you’ll help customers solve critical challenges and you’ll impact mission areas focused on developing and providing strategic recommendations to NCT for firewall rule optimizations, enhancing organizational security and efficiency, overseeing and validate network change requests related to firewall rules, ensuring alignment with security policies and operational requirements, driving automation initiatives by developing scripts and workflows to streamline processes, reducing manual efforts and labor hours for repetitive tasks, and offering guidance on strengthening the security posture of network appliances and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Booz Allen is committed to creating an environment where you can expand your cyber career through mentoring, the opportunity to leverage new resources, and the ability to gain in-demand certifications to sharpen your skill set. With opportunities supporting both the private and public sectors across multiple geographies, your career is only limited by your own appetite for exploration. 

Work with us to secure our systems, networks, and crucial infrastructures. 

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

• Experience with critical protocols, information assurance or information security (IA/IS) architecture, embedded systems, network design processes, risk management, and network security architecture
• Knowledge of Defense-In-Depth principles, to design an organization’s IT architecture
• Ability to provide expertise in the systems lifecycle to the systems security design process
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of experience working in a professional environment, Master’s degree and 7+ years of experience working in a professional environment, or Doctorate degree and 5+ years of experience working in a professional environment

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.