Boundary Security Engineer

Boundary Security Engineer (Job Number: R0239103) The Opportunity

A well‑designed secure network is critical to moving data and enabling the Department of Defense (DoD) to achieve its mission. Crafting the right network with the right equipment and software requires a combination of technical skill and careful planning. That’s why we need you, a Boundary Security Engineer, to utilize your expertise to facilitate the needs of the DoD. As a security engineer on our team, you’ll work with the DoD to develop a reliable, secure network to support critical missions.

You’ll collaborate with subject‑matter experts, customers, vendors, and users to learn the strategic goals and operational needs that shape the network requirements. You’ll then share your expertise during the planning of acquisition, installation, configuration, and maintenance of the network components. From resolving interoperability issues across platforms to supporting the acquisition of hardware, you’ll put your hardware and software talents to good use.

This is your chance to share your experience with backbone networks, cloud technologies, and core networking while broadening your security and network engineering work. You’ll dive into challenging hands‑on problem‑solving and encounter opportunities to learn new tools and skills. We focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers.

As a Boundary Security Engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll design and test new boundary security capabilities in a lab environment and implement newly tested capabilities into production environments. You will provide implementation teams with remote network firewall and security appliance support. You will also identify and support security requirements for switched and routed networks and implement network‑security best‑practice configurations and associated hardware and software.

You’ll discover and assess complex client enterprise network deployments, apply leading‑edge security principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. You’ll work on unusually complex problems, provide highly innovative solutions, operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed actions or decisions, and mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies.

• Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security to a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.
• Implement infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises.
• Perform 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.

Work with us as we secure and protect DoD enterprise networks for the better.

• 4+ years of experience with network security and the design of IT systems or networks for large commercial enterprises or government agencies
• 4+ years of experience with firewall and enterprise security design, including device hardening, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, SIEM, firewalls, Internet protocol security, vulnerability assessment, and intrusion detection
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Cisco or Juniper firewalls
• Secret clearance
• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification within 90 days of hire date

• Experience designing and implementing cloud‑native and over‑the‑top networking in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Knowledge of DoD IT and cloud security policies, including STIGs and DoD Cloud SRG, and how to apply them to the design and implementation of cloud solutions
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking, prior publications, and speaking engagements in industry or vendor forums

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.

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