Cybersecurity Cloud Ops Threat and Incident Response Lead

Booz Allen; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Retirement plan

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Job summary

Booz Allen is seeking a Cybersecurity Cloud Ops Threat and Incident Response Lead to defend a cloud platform built to DoD IL5 standards. You’ll own detection and response, leverage AWS GovCloud, Splunk, GuardDuty, and Tenable, and drive automation to shorten incident lifecycle.

You’ll work across cyber, platform, and governance teams to evaluate risk, refine runbooks, and ensure timely reporting within required windows. A Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years operating cloud security services in production, including AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, and CloudTrail.
• 3+ years of experience with a SIEM such as Splunk, including detection tuning and alert triage.
• Experience executing incident response runbooks and leading incident calls.
• Experience automating detection, triage, or response with scripting or AI-enabled tooling.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, NIST SP 800-61, FedRAMP High, and DoD Cloud Computing SRG requirements.
• Ability to work across cyber, platform, and governance teams in fast-moving mission environments.
• Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering field and 5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection, or 9+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Own detection and response on the platform and improve incident response runbooks for timely reporting.
• Operate and defend an AWS GovCloud platform and AI workloads, integrating Splunk, GuardDuty, Inspector, and Tenable.
• Be on the on-call rotation and produce continuous monitoring evidence for authorization.
• Collaborate with platform, cyber, and governance teams to assess risk and recommend durable security improvements.
• Maintain production security posture and adapt to changing threat landscapes.

Skills

Cloud security

Splunk SIEM

Incident response

Automation scripting

NIST SP 800-53

Security clearance

Security operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Kubernetes (EKS)

Tenable ACAS

JFrog Xray

Trellix ePO

Amazon Security Lake

Agentic AI

Job description

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Cybersecurity Cloud Ops Threat and Incident Response Lead

The Opportunity:

As a cyber professional, you know that understanding adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures is vital to defending the cloud platforms where the nation's mission AI runs. At Booz Allen, you can apply your skills and broad knowledge to detect, contain, and close down threats against a cloud platform built to DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) requirements. Here, you aren't just watching dashboards or tending tools. You're the first action on every alert, and the person who turns each incident into a stronger defense.

As the threat detection and incident response lead on our team, you'll operate and defend an AWS GovCloud platform and the agentic AI workloads that run on it, using Splunk, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, and Tenable. Those tools are where you start, not where you stop: you'll pair them with agentic AI to build new detections, automate triage, containment, and response, and turn every repeat incident into a solution the platform runs on its own. Working alongside platform, cyber, and governance teams, you'll keep the platform secure in production every day, evaluate risk as it changes, and make recommendations that get built. You'll see the environment through the eyes of an adversary and act before they do.

In this role, you'll impact defense missions by owning detection and response on the platform, executing and improving incident response runbooks so first action lands inside the required reporting window, serving on the on-call rotation, and producing the continuous monitoring evidence our authorization depends on.

Booz Allen is committed to creating an environment where you can expand your cyber career through mentoring, the opportunity to leverage new resources, and the ability to gain in-demand certifications to sharpen your skill set. With opportunities supporting both the private and public sectors across multiple geographies, your career is only limited by your own appetite for exploration.

Work with us to secure our systems, networks, and crucial infrastructures.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience operating cloud security services in production, including AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, and CloudTrail
• 3+ years of experience with a SIEM such as Splunk, including detection tuning and alert triage
• Experience executing incident response runbooks and leading incident calls
• Experience automating detection, triage, or response with scripting or AI-enabled tooling
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, NIST SP 800-61, FedRAMP High, and DoD Cloud Computing SRG requirements
• Ability to work across cyber, platform, and governance teams in fast-moving mission environments
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree in a Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering field and 5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection, or 9+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with AWS GovCloud or other IL4 or IL5 environments
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and container security monitoring
• Experience with Tenable (ACAS), JFrog Xray, Trellix ePO, or Amazon Security Lake
• Experience with agentic AI systems or LLM-enabled automation, including security monitoring of agent activity
• Experience operating within structured SLAs, uptime requirements, and incident response MTTR and MTTA targets
• Experience operating within structured SLAs, mission uptime requirements, and incident response MTTR/MTTA targets
• Experience with Tenable, ACAS, JFrog Xray, Trellix ePO, or Amazon Security Lake
• Experience with agentic AI systems, LLM‑enabled automation, or RAG/AI Factory platforms, including security monitoring of agent activity
• Knowledge of pre-authorized automation and autonomy-level models for security operations
• GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, Security+, or AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret 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. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full‑time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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.