Cyber Automation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Saint Louis, VA

About The Position

Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities. Apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge, to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Work without considerable direction, and mentor and supervise team members. The role supports enterprise cloud or platform environments and federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks. TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing cybersecurity automation solutions supporting enterprise cloud or platform environments.
At least 5 years of experience automating security controls, compliance validation, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, or incident response activities.
Experience developing automation, integrations, and security tooling using Python, APIs, scripting frameworks, or cloud-native services.
Experience implementing logging, monitoring, audit, and security telemetry solutions across AWS, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise applications.
Experience supporting federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks such as RMF, ATO, NIST 800-53, or Continuous Monitoring (ConMon).
Experience deploying and operating security capabilities within containerized and cloud-native environments using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS EKS.
Experience collaborating with cloud engineers, platform engineers, data engineers, and security stakeholders to implement secure architectures and communicate security risks, remediation strategies, and technical solutions.
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing automated compliance, security posture management, vulnerability remediation, or policy enforcement workflows.
Experience working with AWS security services, SIEM platforms, SOAR tools, or cloud security posture management solutions.
Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps methodologies and Git-based workflows.
Experience supporting Databricks, AI/ML platforms, data platforms, or other cloud-native analytics environments.
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Security+, CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, GIAC, Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), or similar industry certification.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools that automate complex cyber activities.
Develop innovative solutions to complex cybersecurity automation problems.
Automate security controls, compliance validation, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, or incident response activities.
Implement logging, monitoring, audit, and security telemetry solutions across AWS, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise applications.
Deploy and operate security capabilities in containerized and cloud-native environments.
Collaborate with cloud engineers, platform engineers, data engineers, and security stakeholders to implement secure architectures and communicate security risks, remediation strategies, and technical solutions.
Mentor and supervise team members.