System Security Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•$99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

System Security Engineer The Opportunity: As a system security engineer, you play a pivotal role in securing our hardware and software to protect our user community and critical assets. From troubleshooting to remediating bugs and vulnerabilities, you use your expertise to ensure that things run smoothly. We’re looking for a system security engineer like you to apply your knowledge to our government clients’ challenges and their enterprise systems. Here, you’ll impact technology that helps support national security, protect civilians, and support the warfighter. As a System Security Engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll have an operational impact from day one. You’ll guide your team of professionals as they maintain existing applications and keep systems working in sustainment mode. You and your team will use programming and scripting languages, including Python and Bash, to continuously enhance and maintain the application, troubleshoot any issues that arise operationally, and upgrade the system to meet security requirements. Most importantly, you’ll advise our government clients on the best ways to improve and modernize the existing systems. Work with us to secure crucial systems while watching them grow and modernize. Work with us to use our cloud platform technology for good. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

4+ years of experience as a systems security engineer in programs that encompass systems security architecture development, requirements analysis, design, production, integration, test, and transition into operations
4+ years of experience performing Information Systems Security Officer functions in support of USCYBERCOM or IC projects and offices
4+ years of experience working with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process
Experience assessing security vulnerabilities in software or systems and implementing mitigations
Experience working on teams using Agile technologies, including Atlassian Suite
Experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud technology
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in CS, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems
DoD 8570 compliant IAT Level II Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience working with eMass or Xacta
Knowledge of securing critical assets and systems for DoDIN
Ability to rapidly assess and acclimate to a fast-moving team dynamic
Master’s degree in CS, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems
AWS Cloud Certification

Responsibilities

maintain existing applications and keep systems working in sustainment mode
continuously enhance and maintain the application
troubleshoot any issues that arise operationally
upgrade the system to meet security requirements
advise our government clients on the best ways to improve and modernize the existing systems