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Security Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton
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United States, D.C., Washington
May 14, 2026
Job Number: R0240018 Security Engineer, Senior The Opportunity: Security engineering demands deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and an ability to proactively defend complex, highstakes environments. As a Senior Security Engineer, you embed security into scalable architectures, ensure systems are observable and resilient, and guide engineering teams toward stronger security practices. We're looking for an experienced security leader like you to elevate the security posture of missioncritical cloudbased financial systems. As a Senior Security Engineer at Booz Allen, you'll leverage advanced skills in cloud security, automation, detection engineering, and secure architecture design to protect highavailability publicsector financial platforms. You'll partner closely with engineering and operations teams to build secure, compliant, and resilient systems that meet strict performance and regulatory requirements. Join us and lead efforts that ensure continuous protection, operational excellence, and secure delivery of financial systems that millions depend on. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have 5+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security architecture, or securing largescale distributed systems Experience designing and implementing cloud security controls, monitoring strategies, and threat detection capabilities Experience supporting security metrics, incident response, rootcause analysis, and postincident improvements Experience with containers and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes Experience with scripting, infrastructureascode using Terraform, and automation using Python, Bash, or Go Experience with SIEM, observability, and monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Elastic, CloudWatch, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry Experience securing CI/CD pipelines, cloudnative delivery processes, andworkloads in AWS including regulated or sensitive cloud environments Knowledge of cloud security, compliance frameworks, and production security best practices Public Trust Bachelor's degree Nice If You Have Experience securing or modernizing government or financial systems Experience with eventdriven or streaming platforms such as Kafka, Confluent, or AWS MKS Experience with Chaos Engineering or advanced reliability and faultinjection practices Experience operating in multicloud or hybrid environments AWS, Azure, or GCP Professionallevel cloud Certifications Vetting: Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client; Public Trust determination is required. 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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 $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (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. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. 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