Cybersecurity Software Engineer, Mid

Cybersecurity Software Engineer, Mid

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 & 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: 

• Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management. 

• Implement infrastructure and cyber security controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises.  

• Perform risk and vulnerability assessments in network, system, and application areas and leverage big data analytics and traditional security event types to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:   

• 4+ years of experience using Ansible to automate tasks, including Security Requirements Guide (SRG) and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) requirements to harden operating systems, consumer-off-the-shelf (COTS), and Open Source products to incorporate them into the system code base

• 4+ years of experience with application transport and working with container orchestration platforms, including Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Docker

• Experience with Linux, Python, Robot Framework, Jenkins, Bitbucket and Git, Visual Studio Code, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Elasticsearch

• Experience working in a highly collaborative and agile software development environment, using tools for documentation and issue tracking, including Confluence and JIRA

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

• Knowledge of developing well-designed, testable, and efficient code that meets technical requirements and assist with code review, troubleshooting code defects, reporting findings, and developing and deploying fixes

• 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 application development and application integration

• Experience with DevSecOps and the tools and development that accelerate software

• Experience with platform-as-a-service (PaaS)

• Experience with requirements identification, engaging with stakeholders, and roadmapping new capabilities

• Experience with analyzing technical and policy documentation for DoD organizations and implementing DoD directives

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

• 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

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 $60,300.00 to $137,000.00 (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.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.