Information Systems Security Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Arlington, VA

1d•$99,000 - $225,000•Remote

About The Position

As an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE), you design and implement security across the systems development lifecycle, integrating process-driven compliance such as RMF into agile engineering practices to deliver iterative, sprint-aligned security solutions. You serve as the lead technical resource for transforming security policies into code and operationalizing an automated GRC framework. You participate in solution analysis and architectural reviews, then translate complex designs and automated control implementations into clear, actionable concepts for stakeholders such as ISSMs and ISSOs. You architect and deploy a layered automation framework for hybrid and cloud environments: secure Infrastructure-as-Code templates that embed controls at creation, configuration management to detect and remediate drift, Policy-as-Code for continuous compliance validation, and an orchestration layer for event-driven, self-healing responses. You build and manage a Compliance-as-Code repository, integrate AWS-native security services such as Audit Manager, Security Hub, Config, CloudTrail, or CloudWatch, for automated evidence collection and audit readiness, and support real-time compliance scoring dashboards and RESTful APIs that publish standardized metrics enterprise-wide.

Requirements

12+ years of experience with systems engineering and cybersecurity
7+ years of experience with security automation, cloud engineering, and architecture
5+ years of experience as a lead technical authority designing and implementing enterprise security solutions beyond assessment
5+ years of experience translating RMF, NIST, and DoD STIG requirements and architectural diagrams into functional, automated, and operational code
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in an Information Technology, Computer Science, or Engineering field
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or (ISC)² CISSP certification

Nice To Haves

Experience with Policy-as-Code such as OPA or Rego, and authoring AWS Config Rules to codify NIST SP 800-53 or DoD STIG controls for continuous validation
Experience building secure IaC templates and pipelines such as AWS CloudFormation, or Terraform, with automated drift detection and remediation via AWS Systems Manager
Experience implementing event-driven orchestration such as AWS Step Functions, Amazon EventBridge, to trigger self-healing responses for compliance violations
Experience developing a version-controlled Compliance-as-Code repository integrated into CI/CD or GitOps workflows, such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI, for continuous evidence generation
Experience building real-time compliance dashboards such as Power BI, and RESTful APIs that expose standardized security metrics to enterprise systems
Experience integrating AWS Audit Manager, Security Hub, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch for automated evidence collection, centralized findings, and audit readiness

Responsibilities

Design and implement security across the systems development lifecycle.
Integrate process-driven compliance such as RMF into agile engineering practices.
Transform security policies into code and operationalize an automated GRC framework.
Participate in solution analysis and architectural reviews.
Translate complex designs and automated control implementations into clear, actionable concepts.
Architect and deploy a layered automation framework for hybrid and cloud environments.
Build and manage a Compliance-as-Code repository.
Integrate AWS-native security services for automated evidence collection and audit readiness.
Support real-time compliance scoring dashboards and RESTful APIs.