Systems Security Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

1d•$62,000 - $141,000•Onsite

About The Position

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 experience with network and endpoint security, incident response, systems engineering, and AI-enabled cyber defense. In this role, you will support enterprise cybersecurity operations, with a focus on maintaining secure system environments, implementing configurations, conducting updates, and ensuring system health. This engineering role supports cybersecurity analysts through hands‑on system administration, troubleshooting, configuration, monitoring, and documentation. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

Requirements

8+ years of experience within Cybersecurity Operations, Security Engineering, Vulnerability Management, or Incident Response
Experience with incident response tasks, including preliminary triage and evidence gathering
Knowledge of the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model and how to implement Zero Trust principles
Ability to support vulnerability management and remediation activities
Ability to enforce basic security configurations and assist with STIGs, patching compliance, and baseline hardening
Ability to prepare and maintain technical documentation including configuration notes, installation procedures, and system inventories
Public Trust
HS diploma or GED
U.S. citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

Experience with a federal health or research oriented organization
Experience with evaluating emerging technologies and conducting proof‑of‑concepts to assess mission fit
Ability to collaborate with A&A, GRC, and cyber policy teams to ensure systems meet all security, privacy, regulatory, and audit requirements
Ability to integrate modern capabilities such as behavioral analytics, AI/ML enrichment, automated response, and threat intelligence into SecOps pipelines
Ability to support the preparation, testing, and integration of hardware or software components
Bachelor’s degree
CompTia Sec+ Certification

Responsibilities

Maintaining secure system environments
Implementing configurations
Conducting updates
Ensuring system health
Hands-on system administration
Troubleshooting
Configuration
Monitoring
Documentation
Preliminary triage and evidence gathering
Support vulnerability management and remediation activities
Enforce basic security configurations and assist with STIGs, patching compliance, and baseline hardening
Prepare and maintain technical documentation including configuration notes, installation procedures, and system inventories
Evaluating emerging technologies and conducting proof‑of‑concepts to assess mission fit
Collaborate with A&A, GRC, and cyber policy teams to ensure systems meet all security, privacy, regulatory, and audit requirements
Support the preparation, testing, and integration of hardware or software components