Enterprise Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Enterprise Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Lead, to design and implement AI-driven cybersecurity solutions aligned with our enterprise security strategy. You will lead architecture decisions, deploy AI-enabled detection, and collaborate with threat intelligence, security operations, and engineering teams across complex environments.

You will leverage expertise in cyber logging with Splunk/ELK, integrate AI security platforms, and ensure secure

Qualifications

• 7+ years in cyber industry with identify, detect, and protect solutions
• Experience designing AI-enabled security architectures
• Knowledge of threat landscapes and incident handling

Responsibilities

• Lead design and strategy of AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities
• Deploy AI-enabled threat detection and automated response
• Provide architecture guidance and secure configuration management
• Collaborate with threat intel, security ops, and engineering teams
• Drive adoption of AI security standards across enterprise environments

Skills

Splunk ELK

AI threat detection

Generative AI

Threat intelligence

Security architecture

Collaboration across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Darktrace

IBM Watson for Cyber Security

Cylance

Job description

Enterprise Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Lead

The Opportunity: As an Enterprise Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence, your broad understanding of cybersecurity automation, ML‑enabled detection, and emerging Generative AI capabilities will allow you to design and implement AI-driven cybersecurity solutions in alignment with Booz Allen’s Enterprise security strategy, across complex enterprise environments. Your broad understanding of industry and technology cyber-based AI solutions will ensure best-in-class, compliant, and secure configurations for Booz Allen. Additionally, this role requires you to operate with significant autonomy, provide visible technical leadership, and influence enterprise security direction. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

What You’ll Work On:

• Lead the design, strategy, and effectiveness of Booz Allen’s AI‑driven cybersecurity capabilities
• Design and deploy AI‑enabled threat detection, automated response, and anomaly detection technologies, ensuring they meet enterprise security standards
• Provide architecture guidance, support governance forums, and champion secure AI configuration management
• Partner with threat intelligence, security operations, and engineering teams to build threat‑informed AI protection models and strengthen the enterprise security posture
• Drive adoption of AI‑security standards and philosophies, lead integration of AI within enterprise security platforms, and develop and maintain secure configurations across a diverse IT environment
• Apply expertise to conduct technical analysis on threats, incidents, and security considerations tied to AI platforms.
• Collaborate across cyber, platform, governance, and endpoint teams to evolve the enterprise cyber‑AI ecosystem
• Communicate insights across teams and support response actions needed to protect the enterprise.

You Have:

• Experience developing cyber logging and building queries in Splunk, or ELK Stack to gain a further understanding of configuration control quality
• Experience in solution configuring and tuning AI-based cybersecurity technologies like Darktrace, IBM Watson for Cyber Security, or Cylance
• Knowledge of Generative AI industry evolution, effective prompt generation, models differentiators, architecture and solution design
• Knowledge of system, network, application, and security architectures, including how AI-based cybersecurity solutions can improve delivery
• Knowledge of key cyber threats including nation-state actors, malware and ransomware, command and control infrastructures, and mitigations through AI technologies
• Knowledge of key cyber processes such as security incident handling, risk posture measurement, change management, and the integration of AI for these purposes
• Ability to collaborate with professional confidence and credibility to effectively engage and interact with technologists and leaders across the enterprise
• Ability to quickly comprehend complex problems, draw logical conclusions, make sound decisions, develop solutions, and drive closure

HS diploma or GED and 7+ years of experience in the cyber industry including cyber identify, detect, and protect solution development and deployment, or Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience in the cyber industry including cyber identify, detect, and protect solution development and deployment.

Nice If You Have:

• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining security solutions and configurations in enterprise class organizations
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python, R, or similar, including for AI model development and deployment
• Knowledge of SQL language or similar languages for data reporting
• Knowledge of the applications of Artificial Intelligence in security, including machine learning and deep learning techniques
• IT Engineering Certifications

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 $128,700.00 to $292,000.00 (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.

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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.

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