Zero Trust Engineer

As a Zero Trust Engineer on our project, you’ll coordinate with a dynamic team of thought leaders and experts to identify the right mix of tools and techniques to translate your customer’s IT security needs and future goals into a plan that will enable secure and effective solutions. We need to come up with the best solution, so you’ll investigate new techniques, break free from the legacy model, and go where the industry is going. You’ll lead the team through a critical approach to security architecture design, providing alternatives and customizing solutions to maintain a balance of security and mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Help customers overcome their most difficult challenges by integrating cybersecurity technologies and solutions, including IoT, OT, Cloud security, Automation and Orchestration (A&O), identity and access management, conditional-based access, attribute-based access control, and micro-segmentation.
• Lead the team through security architecture design, providing alternatives and customizing solutions to balance security and mission needs.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, including CISO, CIO, and CTO, to ideate, build, and execute cybersecurity capability maturation.
• Work with project and proposal teams to incorporate and develop high-quality implementation plans and roadmaps.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience with IT operations or cybersecurity
• 2+ years of experience with technical project delivery for large, complex organizations
• Knowledge of Zero Trust solutions, roadmaps, and capabilities in alignment with industry standards, including NIST 800-207 and DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture
• Knowledge of networking, ICAM, SASE, ZTNA, CASB, and Cloud
• Ability to work with senior leaders and executives
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Nice to Have

• Experience with product selection initiatives, including A&O, AI, analytics, secure DevOps, identity and access management, or network access control
• Experience in a cybersecurity compliance, operations, or engineering role
• Experience with innovative cybersecurity capabilities, including A&O, AI and machine learning, NGFW, and Big Data
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's degree
• Information Security Certification, including CEH, CISM, CCSP, CCSK, CISSP, or CompTIA Security+

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care
• Recognition awards program for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of company 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.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). Salary is determined by various factors, including location, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, contract-specific affordability, and organizational requirements.

Schedule

This position may be remote, hybrid, or onsite:

• Remote: Occasional in-person work at a Booz Allen or customer facility may be required.
• Hybrid: Frequent work from a Booz Allen facility, with possible visits to customer facilities as needed.
• Onsite: Work primarily performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, collaborating directly with colleagues and customers.