Cyber Automation Engineer

Cyber Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintain responsibility for the successful installation, configuration, and integration of the Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) platform within complex client environments.
• Leverage an understanding of IT infrastructure, networking, and security tools to ensure seamless data onboarding and high customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate closely with clients, project managers, and internal engineering teams to deliver a comprehensive and accurate asset inventory solution.
• Configure and manage CAASM solution deployment in accordance with the systems engineering lifecycle (SELC).
• Monitor, design, and onboard new data connections by integrating CAASM with a wide range of third‑party security and management tools.
• Create and maintain deployment scripts and automation processes to streamline installations and enhance data management efficiency.
• Analyze and interpret complex cyber datasets to uncover insights, performing exploratory analysis and ensuring data quality, accuracy, and reliability.
• Document the installation and configuration of production deployments.
• Perform system monitoring and ongoing daily maintenance for deployed CAASM instances, ensuring system health, data integrity, and adherence to security best practices.
• Participate in on‑call rotation for production support.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience architecting, implementing, integrating, and managing COTS solutions for hybrid cloud environments.
• 3+ years of experience performing systems administration in Windows, Linux, or VMware environments, including troubleshooting, installation, configuration, monitoring, and security upgrades.
• 3+ years of experience programming and debugging, shell scripting, application containerization, and data storage and retrieval from a variety of sources.
• 2+ years of experience deploying, hosting, monitoring, and securing solutions for government customers.
• Experience with APIs and data pipelines to ingest, normalize, and correlate asset data with vulnerability feeds, threat intelligence, and security findings from multiple sources.
• Knowledge of scripting languages for automation and troubleshooting, and APIs with their usage for data integration.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Associate’s degree with 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects, Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years, or Master’s degree with 1+ year (choose one).
• DoD 8570.01‑M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II certification such as Security+, CCNA‑Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND.
• Ability to obtain DoD 8570.01‑M Cybersecurity Service Provider – Infrastructure Support Certification within 30 days of start date.

Nice to have:

• 2+ years of experience automating workflows securely with COTS products via RESTful APIs.
• 2+ years of experience integrating Axonius or Armis.
• 2+ years of experience securing solutions in accordance with federal regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Experience supporting federal DoD and intelligence agencies, including large federal programs.
• Experience with SAFe Agile methodologies in a scaled enterprise setting.
• Experience with cloud platforms, including AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals.
• Ability to provide support in an IT operations and maintenance role, including ticket updates, issue response, and remediation.
• Excellent communication and relationship skills to articulate technical topics and build consensus among stakeholders.
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills.

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation:

The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $ (annualized USD). Compensation includes health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.