Cyber Platforms Software Engineer, Lead

Phase2 Technology; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 112,800 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is hiring a Cyber Platforms Software Engineer, Lead, to drive production software across backend, data, and front-end layers. You will lead a small team, guide architecture, and deliver new capabilities from concept to deployed product in dynamic cyber environments.

You will apply AI and analytics to streamline analyst workflows, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and influence design decisions for scalable, secure systems in enterprise settings.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience delivering production software.
• 3+ years building backend services, APIs, data workflows, or platform components with Python.
• 2+ years building frontend applications with modern frontend frameworks.
• 2+ years with Docker or Kubernetes, containers, and reproducible development/deployment workflows.
• 2+ years deploying/operating software on AWS or comparable cloud.
• 2+ years designing production software systems with service boundaries and data flows.
• 2+ years leading technical delivery for a feature or engineering workstream.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems.

Responsibilities

• Build production software across backend services, data systems, and user-facing tools.
• Lead a small engineering team, break down work, review approaches, and align delivery with architecture.
• Shape orchestration and human-in-the-loop systems for cyber teams.
• Apply AI, analytics, and decision-support to reduce analyst burden.
• Turn cyber capabilities into prototypes and deployed products.

Skills

Software engineering

Backend services

APIs

Data workflows

Frontend frameworks

Docker/Kubernetes

AWS

Leadership

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Information Systems

Master’s degree (nice to have)

Tools

Python

Job description

Cyber Platforms Software Engineer, Lead

The Opportunity:

We build software for large, fast‑changing cyber problems where speed, scale, and complexity demand better tools. As a lead Software Engineer, you'll work across production systems used by operators, analysts, and cyber experts today, while also leading the design and development of new capabilities from early technical concept to deployed product.

On our team, you'll move across the stack: backend services, data systems, user‑facing tools, automation, containers, and cloud infrastructure. You'll bring judgment to ambiguous problems, make practical technical tradeoffs, and shape how services, data flows, integrations, and user‑facing tools fit together in real‑world use. You will lead a small team of engineers, helping break down work, review technical approaches, and keep delivery aligned with the architecture.

This role is for engineers who want to build production software today, shape the architecture behind it, and help define the cyber capabilities that come next.

What You'll Work On:

• Building software that helps operators make sense of fragmented, high‑volume cyber data.
• Making complex cyber workflows more reliable, observable, and repeatable at enterprise scale.
• Turning new cyber capabilities into software designs, prototypes, and deployed products.
• Applying AI, analytics, and decision‑support techniques to reduce analyst burden and improve operator decision‑making.
• Developing orchestration and human‑in‑the‑loop systems that help cyber teams coordinate, prioritize, and act.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 6+ years of experience with software engineering, building, shipping, and supporting production software.
• 3+ years of experience building backend services, APIs, data workflows, or platform components with Python.
• 2+ years of experience building frontend applications with modern frontend frameworks.
• 2+ years of experience working with Docker or Kubernetes, containers, and reproducible development or deployment workflows.
• 2+ years of experience building, deploying, or operating software on AWS or a comparable cloud platform.
• 2+ years of experience designing production software systems, including service boundaries, data flows, APIs, integrations, and deployment patterns.
• 2+ years of experience leading technical delivery for a feature, service, product area, or engineering workstream, including breaking down work, coordinating with other engineers, and driving execution.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems.

Nice If You Have:

• Experience building software for cyber operations, cyber defense, threat detection, security operations, or related environments.
• Experience working with cyber ranges, digital twins, adversary simulation, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, or detection engineering.
• Experience with operational data such as logs, telemetry, network data, endpoint data, or security events.
• Experience building AI‑enabled, agentic, or LLM‑based applications that were deployed to users or integrated into production systems.
• Experience supporting defense, intelligence, national security, R&D, or other mission‑focused customers.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a closely related technical field.

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Commitment to Non‑Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.