Remote Cyber Automation Engineer - DevSecOps Automator

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

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Cyber Automation Engineer to streamline security operations through DevSecOps, open-source tools, and cloud resources. You will automate critical workflows, integrate security metrics into delivery platforms, and strengthen software supply chain security while reducing manual tasks.

The role involves API integrations, automated playbooks, and hardening cloud-native environments to ensure enterprise standards are met and risk is minimized.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux, Windows Server, and MacOS.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Crowdstrike, Splunk, or ServiceNow.
• Experience with Chainguard images or hardened container base images for supply chain security.
• Experience with artifact and container registries such as Sonatype Nexus and JFrog Artifactory for image storage and dependency management.
• Experience embedding security into CI/CD pipelines such as shift-left, including SAST, DAST, and SCA, infrastructure-as-code scanning, container image scanning, and policy-as-code gates.
• Experience with GitHub DevSecOps workflows, including Actions and CI security jobs, branch protection, CODEOWNERS, required reviews, secret scanning, and Dependabot.
• Experience securing cloud-native delivery platforms such as AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes used by development teams, including admission controls and network policies.
• Experience with identity and access management, including secure communication protocols, HTTPS, TLS, SSL, SSH, SSO, MFA, RBAC, and identity federation.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of experience with software development, DevSecOps, or cyber automation or 5+ years of experience with software development, DevSecOps, or cyber automation in lieu of a degree

Responsibilities

• Automate cybersecurity workflows in a DevSecOps framework to reduce manual effort.
• Automate vulnerability scanning, patch orchestration, continuous monitoring, and periodic SOC tasks.
• Embed security metrics directly into delivery platforms and implement software supply chain risk management.
• Protect deployment paths and ensure environments comply with enterprise standards and security requirements.
• Develop API integrations between security tools and scripts automated playbooks; harden cloud-native environments.
• Support innovative tech projects by maintaining secure, compliant environments that minimize risk.

Skills

Linux

Windows Server

MacOS

DevSecOps mindset

CI/CD

Security metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CrowdStrike

Splunk

ServiceNow

Chainguard images

Sonatype Nexus

JFrog Artifactory

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Cyber Automation Engineer to streamline security operations through DevSecOps, open-source tools, and cloud resources. You will automate critical workflows, integrate security metrics into delivery platforms, and strengthen software supply chain security while reducing manual tasks.

The role involves API integrations, automated playbooks, and hardening cloud-native environments to ensure enterprise standards are met and risk is minimized.