Cloud-Network Security Automation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Network Security Automation Engineer to design and automate secure, cloud-based cyber range networks for DoD missions. You will translate operational and security requirements into reusable infrastructure components, deploying virtual networks, firewalls, VPN services, and centralized logging.

You'll work with AWS Transit Gateway, Gateway Load Balancer, Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls, and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and teardown, collaborate with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with network security or designing IT systems and networks for large commercial enterprises or government agencies
• 3+ years of experience with firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, network segmentation, boundary protection, or vulnerability assessment
• Experience designing and securing cloud or enterprise network architectures
• Experience with Palo Alto, Cisco, or Juniper firewalls
• Experience automating infrastructure using an infrastructure-as-code framework such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Experience developing automation with TypeScript, Python, PowerShell, Bash, APIs, or orchestration tools
• Experience with routing, switching, VPNs, security groups, network access controls, and traffic inspection
• Experience using network monitoring, flow logs, and centralized logging to analyze traffic and troubleshoot connectivity and using Git, CI / CD workflows, and packet analysis tools such as Wireshark
• HS diploma or GED
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification within 3 months of start date

Responsibilities

• Design and automate secure, cloud-based cyber range networks.
• Translate operational and security requirements into reusable infrastructure components that deploy networks, firewalls, VPNs, and logging.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity SMEs, platform engineers, vendors, and range operators to develop secure network architectures.
• Troubleshoot routing, traffic inspection, firewall, and interoperability issues while ensuring isolation from corporate networks and external systems.

Skills

Network security

Firewall expertise

IaC / Infrastructure as Code

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

TypeScript

Python

PowerShell

Bash

APIs

CI/CD

Routing & VPNs

Logging & monitoring

Git & CI/CD workflows

Wireshark

DoD 8570 IAT Level II

Education

HS diploma or GED

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Network Security Automation Engineer to design and automate secure, cloud-based cyber range networks for DoD missions. You will translate operational and security requirements into reusable infrastructure components, deploying virtual networks, firewalls, VPN services, and centralized logging.

You'll work with AWS Transit Gateway, Gateway Load Balancer, Palo Alto VM-Series firewalls, and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment and teardown, collaborate with