Application Security Engineer

$84,600 - $193,000/Yr

Booz Allen Hamilton - McLean, VA

posted 5 months ago

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level
McLean, VA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As an Application Security Engineer at Booz Allen, you will play a critical role in the design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of the Splunk platform. This platform is essential for supporting the internal client's data analytics and security needs. You will collaborate closely with various business units to develop new product and feature offerings, providing insights on preferred implementation patterns while identifying potential areas of security risk. Your responsibilities will also include designing and implementing enterprise logging solutions and adhering to industry best practices to safeguard mission-critical infrastructure, applications, and technical services. Furthermore, you will be responsible for educating stakeholders, documenting processes, and continuously improving enterprise logging requirements and solutions. In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience with the Splunk Enterprise platform, including both SaaS and on-premise implementations. You will manage the day-to-day administration and health of the Splunk environment, ensuring optimal performance across both Splunk Cloud and on-premise systems. Your technical expertise will be crucial in deploying and maintaining native and custom Splunk applications and add-ons, which are vital for onboarding users and managing data sources, indexes, alerts, and reports. You will also be expected to support the integration of log management solutions with an enterprise data lake, enhancing the overall data management strategy. Your ability to communicate complex technical topics to diverse audiences will be essential, as you will need to engage with individuals and groups with varying levels of technical expertise. Additionally, you will be expected to possess strong leadership skills, enabling you to guide teams and contribute to a culture of respect, equity, and opportunity within Booz Allen.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, configure, and maintain the Splunk platform to support data analytics and security needs.
  • Collaborate with business units on new product and feature offerings, suggesting preferred implementation patterns and identifying areas of security risk.
  • Design and implement enterprise logging and industry best practices to protect mission-critical infrastructure, applications, and technical services.
  • Educate stakeholders on enterprise logging requirements and solutions, documenting processes for continuous improvement.
  • Support the day-to-day administration and health of the Splunk environment, including both Splunk Cloud and on-premise systems.
  • Deploy and maintain native and custom Splunk applications and add-ons to support onboarding users and managing data sources, indexes, alerts, and reports.
  • Integrate log management solutions with an enterprise data lake.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in the design, implementation, and configuration of the Splunk Enterprise platform, including SaaS and On-Premise implementations.
  • 5+ years of experience with Splunk administration.
  • 3+ years of experience with Python, PowerShell scripting, and SQL.
  • Experience deploying and maintaining native and custom Splunk applications and add-ons.
  • Knowledge of Splunk search heads, indexers, universal forwarders, heavy forwarders, deployment servers, deployers, and license managers.
  • Knowledge of data lifecycle management best practices.
  • Ability to obtain a security clearance.
  • HS diploma or GED.

Nice-to-haves

  • 2+ years of experience with ServiceNow, ScienceLogic, New Relic, and other enterprise observability tools.
  • 1+ years of experience with Cribl, including configuring, deploying, and maintaining the Cribl platform components.
  • Experience with design and implementation of log management solutions and their integration with an enterprise data lake.
  • Knowledge of network and application security architectures and how to identify security gaps and plan and execute corrective measures.

Benefits

  • Wellness programs with HSA contributions
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Generous 401(k) match
  • Flexible schedules
  • Remote and hybrid work options
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Mentoring programs
  • Firm-sponsored networking events
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