Data Security Engineer

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

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Senior Data Security Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate security solutions across DoD/IC clients in the Indo-Pacific. You will monitor, detect, and respond to cyber threats, implement Zero Trust configurations, and develop SOPs.

You’ll mentor engineers and coordinate with a multidisciplinary team to strengthen national security posture. Required: data security design experience, Elastic, DLP tools, and secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, and configuring data security solutions.
• Experience with Elastic for visibility and analytics.
• Experience with DLP tools such as Forcepoint, Trellix, or Symantec.
• Experience with cyber event analytics and workflow.
• Experience documenting and diagramming workflow processes.
• Clearance: Secret.
• Bachelor's degree in an IT, Cybersecurity, or Engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and operate security solutions across multiple DoD/IC clients.
• Monitor, detect, and respond to cyber threats to protect data and systems.
• Create SOPs and configurations to maintain a Zero Trust posture.
• Coordinate with a multi-discipline Zero Trust engineering team.
• Mentor junior cybersecurity engineers to strengthen defense capabilities.

Skills

Data security design

EDR

Zero Trust

Security workflows

Documentation

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity/Engineering

CISSP / GSEC / CASP+ or similar

Advanced security certifications

Tools

Elastic

DLP tools (Forcepoint, Trellix, or Symantec)

Kafka

Virtru DSP

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Job description

Data Security Engineer The Opportunity: As a senior data security engineer on our team,you’ll be integral to architecting, deploying, and operating security solutions across various DoW clients in the Indo-Pacific. You’ll use your extensive knowledge of data security tools and endpoint detection and response (EDR) to monitor, detect, and respond to potentially malicious cyber behavior that could compromise data, systems, or the mission. You’ll create standard operating procedures and configurations for optimal Zero Trust security posture. You’ll coordinate with multi-discipline Zero Trust engineering team to recommend enhanced design and operations. You’ll also mentor the next set of advanced cybersecurity engineers to help them grow into our nation’s front line of defense. Work with us and build the future of technology for the better. Join us. The worldcan’twait. You Have:

• Experience designing, deploying, and configuring data security solutions
• Experience with Elastic for visibility and analytics
• Experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools such as Forcepoint, Trellix, or Symantec
• Experience with cyber event analytics and workflow
• Experience documenting and diagraming workflow processes
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

• 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and configuring data security solutions
• Experience working in federal, DoD, or IC agency environments
• Experience managing and maintaining containerization solutions
• Knowledge of Virtru Data Security Platform (DSP) and Kafka
• Knowledge of Trusted Data Format (TDF) and Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC)
• Knowledge of Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel
• Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, and frameworks, federal security authorizations, assessment, and risk management processes for enterprise systems
• Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree in an IT, Cybersecurity, or Engineering field
• CISSP, GSE, CASP+ or similar
• Advanced Security Certifications

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