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# Cyber Engineer

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $86,900.0 - $198,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** CompTIA Security+, Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Log Analysis, Security Information and Event Management, Software Vulnerability Management, Information Technology, Cybercrime, Cyber Warfare, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9192705/cyber-engineer

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience performing cybersecurity analysis for Federal or DoW systems
 * 5+ years of experience conducting incident response, security event and log analysis, threat detection, vulnerability analysis, or cybersecurity assessments
 * Experience supporting RMF, NIST 800-53, and continuous monitoring across multi-site cyber operations
 * Experience analyzing cybersecurity events and identifying threats, vulnerabilities, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and potential security incidents
 * Experience with enterprise cybersecurity tools for security monitoring, log analysis, vulnerability management, endpoint security, or threat detection
 * Experience supporting incident investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery activities
 * Experience documenting findings, risk, mitigation recommendations, and cybersecurity status for technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Secret clearance
 * Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Information Technology
 * Security + Certification

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience with enterprise cybersecurity tools and operations, including SIEM, EDR or XDR, vulnerability management, threat hunting, incident response, cybersecurity assessments, and security monitoring across DoW or other Federal environments
 * CompTIA CySA+ Certification
 * CISSP Certification
 * SecurityX or CASP+ Certification
 * GIAC Certification
 * Other DoW 8140 Cybersecurity Certifications

## Description

As a cyber mission specialist, you understand the value of hunt-forward operations, and you know that battles are won in the grey. At Booz Allen, you can use your cyberspace operations experience to create solutions that will be executed on a worldwide stage. We're looking for an experienced cyber mission specialist like you to apply your knowledge in emerging threat monitoring and analysis, incident response, and risk assessments to impact our nation's defenses.

In this role, you'll be counted on to understand cyberspace capabilities to evaluate potential weaknesses as well as the effectiveness of mitigations for cyber security solutions.

This is an opportunity to use your research and analysis abilities to adequately assess and inform operators, senior leadership, and commanders on dynamic adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures.

If you want to be in the fight-working shoulder to shoulder with the lager mission team-influencing global cyber missions, this is the opportunity for you.


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