Network Security Engineer

USA, VA, Portsmouth (Norfolk Naval Shipyard Bldg 74)

Booz Allen Hamilton

Using tomorrow’s technologies, Booz Allen advances the nation’s most critical civil, defense, and national security missions.

The Opportunity:
Everyone knows security needs to be “baked in” to a system architecture, but you know how to bake it in. You can monitor, identify and implement network security solutions to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of on-prem networks. What if you could use your network engineering skills to design and build network security solutions in the cloud to protect sensitive information for DoD agencies? We’re looking for an engineer who can create advanced network security solutions on premises that will stand up to even the most advanced cyber threats.

As a network security engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll research, design, and implement network security solutions to protect our client's most sensitive information. You’ll coordinate with other technical teams, clients, and industry-leading vendors to identify the right mix of tools and techniques to support client goals into a plan that will enable secure and effective operations. We need to come up with the best solutions for the client requirements, so you’ll investigate new techniques, break free from the legacy model, and help our client go where the industry is going. You’ll serve as a SME on a Network Defense team through a critical approach to design, including providing alternatives and customizing solutions to meet DoD Comply to Connect (C2C) requirements and adopt a Zero Trust framework. Your technical expertise will be vital as you help customers overcome their most difficult challenges by integrating Legacy and cloud-native network security, next-generation firewalls (NGFW), Transport Layer Security (TLS), intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), packet capture (PCAP), web application firewalls (WAF), and network monitoring and analytics capabilities. You’ll be able to broaden your skillset into advanced and emerging areas of cybersecurity like zero trust networks, software-defined networking, and container security to support dynamic and immutable cloud infrastructure. Join our team as we deliver innovative cybersecurity solutions to protect our client's information.

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience with the government or public or private industry
• Experience with Cisco products and Network Security
• Knowledge of network security concepts
• Ability to educate and inform clients on network security concepts and how they can be applied to protect information, communicate and convey complex network solutions and concepts to a wide range of stakeholder audiences
• Ability to troubleshoot and correct problems in network security infrastructure and tools
• DoD 8140 Industry Certifications, including Cybersecurity or Computing
• Secret clearance

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with software-defined network and WAN solutions
• Experience with DoD Classified Networks
• Experience with network monitoring and security solutions, including Cisco ISE and Cisco Secure client
• Experience with writing proposals, whitepapers, and other technical marketing materials to compete for and win new business
• Ability to develop code or scripts and using programming languages, including Python or PowerShell
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP Certification
• Cloud for AWS or Microsoft Azure Certification

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 benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our 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.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $75,600.00 to $172,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

Work Model:
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment:
We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.