Wireless & Edge Cybersecurity Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a cybersecurity engineer to harden and defend a lab-built system from BIOS to radio, forming the security baseline for a government-ready platform. You will work hands-on in a fast-paced lab, delivering end-to-end security across hardware, virtualization, and network layers.

Responsibilities include applying STIGs/CIS benchmarks, designing network segmentation, and preparing RMF artifacts for ATO, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet tight

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Cybersecurity, EE, or CE with 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience, or 9+ years without a degree.

Responsibilities

• Own security hardening of lab platform end-to-end, including servers, switches, radio units, and virtualization layers.
• Apply and verify STIGs and CIS benchmarks on Ubuntu, Kubernetes, hypervisors, and network devices.
• Manage vulnerability findings from discovery to remediation and maintain evidence.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Linux hardening

Vulnerability management

Network security

Packet capture analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS, Cybersecurity, EE or CE

Tools

Nessus

ACAS

Kubernetes

VMware/KVM Proxmox

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a cybersecurity engineer to harden and defend a lab-built system from BIOS to radio, forming the security baseline for a government-ready platform. You will work hands-on in a fast-paced lab, delivering end-to-end security across hardware, virtualization, and network layers.

Responsibilities include applying STIGs/CIS benchmarks, designing network segmentation, and preparing RMF artifacts for ATO, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet tight