Senior Security Engineer – Proactive Defense & IAM | Remote

Booz Allen; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Security Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain protective systems for data, networks, and infrastructure. You will focus on proactive defense, creating secure architectures and automated protections across large enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include IAM implementation, incident response, risk assessments, and building advanced detections using Elastic Stack components.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience administering Elastic Stack components (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
• Experience building Kibana dashboards and lens analytics for security operations.
• Experience with Elastic Security detection rules, alerts, and case management workflows.
• Experience with log ingestion pipelines across heterogeneous sources (network, endpoint, identity, cloud).
• Experience mapping non-standard logs into Elastic Common Schema (ECS).
• Experience with ES|QL or EQL for threat hunting and detection workflows.
• Experience in a DoD/IC/federal cybersecurity environment (SOC/SIEM).
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy security controls including firewalls, IDS/IPS, and encryption protocols.
• Conduct regular penetration tests and security audits to identify weaknesses.
• Lead IAM policy implementation for access to sensitive data.
• Coordinate incident response and forensics during security breaches.
• Develop and enforce security standards like password policies and data classification.
• Communicate security concepts clearly to senior management and technical teams.
• Oversee vulnerability management and event correlation across large environments.
• Perform risk and vulnerability assessments across networks, systems, and apps.
• Leverage big data analytics to identify advanced threats and indicators of compromise.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Elasticsearch ILM

Kibana dashboards

Elastic Security rules

Log pipelines

Elastic ECS

EQL/ES|QL

DoD/IC cyber

Secret clearance

Education

HS diploma or GED

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Security Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain protective systems for data, networks, and infrastructure. You will focus on proactive defense, creating secure architectures and automated protections across large enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include IAM implementation, incident response, risk assessments, and building advanced detections using Elastic Stack components.