Cybersecurity Engineer, Junior

Booz Allen Hamilton • El Segundo, CA

1d • $53,000 - $108,000

About The Position

Cybersecurity Engineer, Junior The Opportunity: As a cyber mission specialist, you understand the value of hunt-forward operations, and you know that battles are won in the grey. At Booz Allen, you can use your cyberspace operations experience to create solutions that will be executed on a worldwide stage. We’re looking for a cyber mission specialist like you to apply your skills in security implementation and development and impact our nation’s critical infrastructure. In this role, you’ll be counted on to help understand cyberspace capabilities to evaluate potential weaknesses as well as the effectiveness of mitigations for cybersecurity solutions. You’ll work with your team to leverage cyberspace operations systems to develop solutions aligned to our nation's security. This is an opportunity to use your research and analysis skills to adequately assess and inform operators and senior leadership and commanders on dynamic adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures for our client. Your role will be vital in the development of operations plans to support command and control. If you want to be in the fight–working shoulder to shoulder with our industry clients–influencing the most critical global cyber missions, this is the opportunity for you. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

• Experience with programming or scripting languages, including C, C++, PowerShell, and Python
• Knowledge of general computer systems, information security software and hardware components, network systems, databases, or information security safeguards
• Knowledge of information system security principles, approaches, and technologies
• Ability to break down complex information technology systems, including cloud, servers, firewalls, routers, and switches
• Ability to communicate technical details to various levels of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Scheduled to obtain a Bachelor's degree by Spring or Summer 2026

Nice To Haves

• Experience analyzing network configurations and network architecture diagrams
• Experience working on major DoD space programs
• Experience with debugging and troubleshooting
• Secret clearance
• Master's degree
• Security+ Certification

Responsibilities

• help understand cyberspace capabilities to evaluate potential weaknesses as well as the effectiveness of mitigations for cybersecurity solutions
• work with your team to leverage cyberspace operations systems to develop solutions aligned to our nation's security
• use your research and analysis skills to adequately assess and inform operators and senior leadership and commanders on dynamic adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures for our client
• development of operations plans to support command and control

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care
• recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level