Cybersecurity Platform Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Lincoln (MA); On-site; USD 77,600 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton located in Lincoln, Massachusetts is seeking a Cybersecurity Platform Engineer to develop, manage, and secure a container platform tailored to client needs. The role demands extensive experience in DevOps environments, proficiency with cloud technologies, and collaboration across teams to address complex challenges.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in container management, CI/CD processes, and must hold or be eligible for Secret clearance. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits for both full-time and part-time employees.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in developing tools for DevOps maturity.
• Experience troubleshooting CI/CD pipeline issues.
• Knowledge in container management and security.

Responsibilities

• Drive mission-forward change using cloud technologies.
• Support strategy and design throughout the containerization process.
• Advise clients on adopting and securing containers.

Skills

Developing DevOps maturity

Troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines

Container management

Collaborative problem-solving

Secret clearance

Scripting languages (Python, Linux Shell)

Education

Bachelor's degree or 8+ years in DevOps

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Jenkins

Azure

Job description

Cybersecurity Platform Engineer

Opportunity

Everyone is trying to “harness the cloud,” yet many don’t know how. As a DevOps engineer at Booz Allen, you will develop, manage, and secure a container platform that meets your client’s needs and takes advantage of cloud capabilities. You’ll design and implement container management software to solve some of our clients’ toughest challenges.

Role & Responsibilities

You’ll use your technical skills to drive mission‑forward change. Working with the latest cloud technologies, you’ll improve client environments with current container software, ensuring seamless orchestration. You’ll support strategy, design, and standards throughout the containerization process, advise on resources to help clients adopt and secure containers, and continue strengthening DevOps skills while supporting critical cloud platforms.

You Have

• 5+ years of experience in developing tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and releases across environments
• 5+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
• Experience developing, managing, and securing containers
• Experience working with application development teams across the software development lifecycle and creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative team environment
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree, or 8+ years of experience in DevOps in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience with enterprise cloud‑native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Jenkins, or Azure
• Improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
• Improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes
• Triaging and resolving issues related to both open source and commercial tools in public cloud environments
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Linux Shell Script
• Master’s degree

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Secret clearance is required.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). Benefits include health, life, disability, financial, retirement plans, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours per week are eligible for full benefit programs.

EEO Statement

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.

This posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.