Network Security Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton • Fort Meade, MD

1d • $99,000 - $225,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Booz Allen is hiring a Network Security Engineer to help the Department of Defense develop, secure, and maintain reliable enterprise networks that support critical missions. The role collaborates with subject-matter experts, customers, vendors, and users to understand strategic goals and operational needs, then contributes expertise to planning network component acquisition, installation, configuration, and maintenance. Work includes resolving interoperability issues across platforms and supporting hardware acquisition.

The engineer will design and test boundary security capabilities in a lab and implement tested capabilities in production. The role supports implementation teams with remote firewall and security appliance support, identifies security requirements for switched and routed networks, and applies security best practices through network configurations, hardware, and software. The engineer assesses complex enterprise network deployments and applies advanced security principles, theories, and concepts. The position involves solving unusually complex problems, providing innovative solutions with substantial latitude for independent decisions, and mentoring or supervising employees in company and technical competencies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with network security and the design of IT systems or networks for large commercial enterprises or government agencies.
• 3+ years of experience with firewall and enterprise security design, including device hardening, intrusion detection and prevention systems, SIEM, firewalls, internet protocol security, and vulnerability assessment.
• Experience with Palo Alto, Cisco, or Juniper firewalls.
• Experience with packet analysis tools, including Wireshark.
• Experience with monitoring tools and log collectors for traffic analysis.
• Experience with boundary protection.
• Secret clearance.
• High school diploma or GED.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing and implementing cloud-native and over-the-top networking in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with SD-WAN.
• Experience with Ansible or Python.
• Knowledge of DoD IT and cloud security policies, including STIGs and DoD Cloud SRG, and how to apply them to cloud solution design and implementation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking, prior publications, and speaking engagements in industry or vendor forums.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with subject-matter experts, customers, vendors, and users to identify strategic goals and operational needs that shape network requirements.
• Contribute to planning the acquisition, installation, configuration, and maintenance of network components.
• Resolve interoperability issues across platforms and support hardware acquisition.
• Design and test boundary security capabilities in a lab environment, then implement tested capabilities in production environments.
• Provide remote network firewall and security appliance support to implementation teams.
• Identify and support security requirements for switched and routed networks.
• Implement network security best-practice configurations and associated hardware and software.
• Discover and assess complex client enterprise network deployments.
• Apply security principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Provide innovative solutions to complex problems and operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision.
• Mentor or supervise employees in company and technical competencies.

Benefits

• Health, life, and disability benefits.
• Financial and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED