Cyber Threat Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton; Colorado; On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Cyber Threat Specialist to assess critical DoW mission systems for evolving threats. You will leverage Frontier AI models, big data platforms, Maven, and MADSS to deliver vulnerability insights and risk assessments to inform defense decisions.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across defense and national security domains, briefing senior audiences and applying structured analytic methods to support mission planning and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting cyber vulnerability risk assessments.
• Experience applying cybersecurity analysis to warfighting mission domains.
• Experience delivering cybersecurity solutions aligned with Secretary of War, Joint Staff, Combatant Command, defense agency, and bi‑national operational priorities.
• Experience with operational mission planning, plan assessment, and mission thread development.
• Experience applying structured, repeatable analytic methods to assess Joint Force, OSW, defense agency, bi‑national, and Combatant Command missions.
• Ability to brief defense audiences, including senior military, civilian, and contractor stakeholders.
• TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree.
• DoDM 8140.03 Certification such as Security+ Certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess critical mission systems for new and evolving threats.
• Provide vulnerability insights and operational risk assessments.
• Support DoW decisions with actionable cybersecurity inputs.

Education

Bachelor's degree

DoDM 8140.03 Certification (Security+)

Tools

Frontier AI models

Big Data Platforms

Maven

MADSS

Job description

Cyber Threat Specialist The Opportunity:

As a cyber professional, you know that understanding adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures is vital to producing the intel that enables the success of Department of War ( DoW ) mission owners. At Booz Allen, you can apply your skills to inform strategies and help mitigate the most pressing vulnerabilities. Here, you aren't just deciphering reports. You're telling the story to play a part in informing the DoW's most far-reaching cybersecurity decisions.

As a Cyber Threat Spe cia list on our team, you'll be t rus ted to help customers solve problems using the latest sof tware like Frontier AI models, Big Data Platforms, Maven, and MADSS . Using vulnerability risk assessments and threat monitoring, you'll learn from multiple stakeholders to evaluate risk and make meaningful recommendations. You'll provide key vulnerability insights and operational risk assessments.

In this role, you'll impact DoW by assessing critical mission systems for new and evolving threats.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• Experience conducting cyber vulnerability risk assessments
• Experience applying cybersecurity analysis to warfighting mission domains
• Experience delivering cybersecurity solutions aligned with Secretary of War, Joint Staff, Combatant Command, defense agency, and bi‑national operational priorities
• Experience with operational mission planning, plan assessment, and mission thread development
• Experience applying structured, repeatable, and verifiable analytic met hods to assess Joint Force, OSW , defense agency, bi‑national, and Combatant Command missions
• Ability to brief defense audiences, including senior military, civilian, and contractor stakeholders
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• DoDM 8140.03 Certification such as Security+ Certification

Nice If You Have:

• Experience solving issues across DOTMLPF areas, including doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, facilities, or resources
• Experience with multi‑domain systems and environments
• Experience with DoW Artifi cia l Intelligence models used to support analytic research
• Experience in commer cia l or industry cybersecurity risk mitigation
• Knowledge of non‑Joint Force clients and Joint Force, OSD , defense agency, or Combatant Command missions
• Master's degree in Cybersecurity

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 $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (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.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided .

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective