Cloud Security Engineer, Senior

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Booz Allen Hamilton
Full time
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USA
10/02/2026
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Reston, VA

Responsibilities

Develop and implement cloud security architectures, tools, and processes for mission-critical Intelligence Community systems.
Evaluate and support security documentation, validation, assessment, accreditation, and compliance activities.
Define desired states and risk thresholds, analyze current-state information, and advise on security requirements.
Evaluate applications and software utilities for adherence to software assurance best practices.
Research and recommend security tools and capabilities across on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid environments.
Collaborate with Intelligence Community clients and organizational leaders to develop security guidance, doctrine, and procedures.

Requirements

7+ years of experience building and administering cloud environments using cloud-native functionality and COTS, GOTS, and open-source tools.
Experience developing and evaluating system security plans, contingency plans, security procedures, and continuity of operations plans.
Experience with security architecture evaluations, guidance development, troubleshooting, and Risk Management Framework.
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code concepts, including Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph examination.
Associate degree with 10+ years, bachelor’s degree with 8+ years, or master’s degree with 6+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities.
Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification and a DoD 8570 CSSP-IS certification within 30 days of starting.
Preferred qualifications include software development life cycle and cloud technology experience, leadership and client relationship skills, and strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
Recognition awards and access to employee benefit programs for eligible full-time and part-time employees.
The position is not remote and is located in Reston, Virginia, with additional listed locations in Norfolk, Virginia; Riverdale, Maryland; and Washington, D.C.

Salary: $99k - $225k/yr

Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely governmen...

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