Security Engineer

Security Engineer page is loaded## Security Engineer locations:
Annapolis Junction, MDtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
August 10, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
R0239956

Security Engineer
*
* The Opportunity:

** We need a technical professional responsible for designing, building, and maintaining systems that protect an organization’s data, networks, and IT infrastructure from cyber-attacks. In this position, you will focus on proactive defense by creating secure architectures and automated defenses.
** What You’ll Work On:
*** Design and deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems or intrusion prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and encryption protocols.
* Conduct regular penetration tests and security audits to identify and patch system weaknesses.
* Perform Identity and Access Management (IAM), including implementing policies to ensure only authorized users can access sensitive company data.
* Lead or assist in the technical response to security breaches, including digital forensics and damage mitigation.
* Create and enforce company-wide security standards such as password management and data classification.
* Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.
* Manage infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises.
* Lead risk and vulnerability assessments in network, system, and application areas.
* Leverage big data analytics and traditional security event types to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise.

Join us. The world can’t wait.
** You Have:
*** 6+ years of experience administering Elastic Stack, including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, or Fleet
* Experience managing Elasticsearch index lifecycle policies, index templates, and data streams at scale, and building Kibana dashboards, visualizations, and lens-based analytics for security operations
* Experience with Elastic Security detection rules, alerts, and case management workflows
* Experience with log ingestion pipeline design, including parsing, enrichment, and normalization across heterogeneous log sources such as network, endpoint, identity, and cloud
* Experience with Elastic Common Schema (ECS) and mapping non-standard log sources into ECS-compliant fields
* Experience with ES|QL or EQL for advanced threat hunting and detection-as-code workflows
* Experience working in a DoD, IC, or federal cybersecurity environment such as SOC, SIEM operations, or defensive cyber
* Secret clearance
* HS diploma or GED
** Nice If You Have:
*** Experience building SOAR-related automation around Elastic, including webhook actions, connector integrations, or n8n/XSOAR orchestration
* Experience with Elastic's transforms and runtime fields for creating enriched security datasets and risk scoring indices
* Experience with RAG architectures or vector search in Elasticsearch for security knowledge retrieval, including TTP lookup and incident context enrichment
* Experience with Elastic's ML jobs, including for User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), rare process detection, or anomalous login patterns
* Experience with Elastic AI Assistant or integration of LLMs into Elastic Security workflows such as natural language querying and alert triage assistance
* Experience building or fine-tuning ML models outside Elastic, including Python, scikit-learn, and PyTorch, for security use cases such as threat detection or lateral movement scoring
* Knowledge of AI/ML concepts applied to security analytics such as anomaly detection, behavioral baselining, or threat scoring
* TS/SCI clearance
** Clearance:
** Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;
Secret clearance is required.
** 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…