ForeScout Engineer

The Challenge:

Are you looking for an opportunity to share your experience identifying tools to safeguard our nation? As a systems security and network security engineer, you can identify the tools needed to assess vulnerabilities and recommend the best solution and security strategy. We need your experience to lead the development and implementation of security solutions.

On our team, you’ll troubleshoot and analyze complex challenges for customers using your knowledge of network and security systems. You’ll use your curiosity for technology and market trends to further research and develop security solutions. Using your knowledge and experience in ForeScout, you’ll assess security threats and implement infrastructure controls.

In this role, you’ll impact our nation’s cybersecurity by mentoring, challenging hands-on problem-solving, and opportunities to learn new tools and skills. We focus on growing as a team to make the best solutions for our customers.

What You’ll Work On:

• Develop relationships quickly and easily with other teams, communicating the complexities of security with a wide variety of audiences, including senior management.
• Implement infrastructure and cybersecurity controls, including enhanced detection and vulnerability capabilities and improved event correlation in large enterprises. 
• Perform risk and vulnerability assessments in network, system, and application areas; leverage big data analytics and traditional security event types to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience working in IT in a professional environment 
• 1+ years of experience with deployment or daily maintenance of ForeScout CounterACT appliances 
• Experience performing physical or logical network engineering, including installation and activation of ports and the configuration of switches, LANS, VLANS, and network FW, or appliances or network administration services, including Active Directory, Guests LANS, and domain management 
• Knowledge of network monitoring tools 
• Ability to obtain a security clearance
• HS diploma or GED

​Nice If You Have:

• Experience performing systems administration in Windows, Linux, or VMware environments, including performing basic troubleshooting, installation, configuration, monitoring system performance or availability, and performing security upgrades 
• Experience with Linux administration, including Debian and RedHat distribution variants or derivatives 
• Experience integrating Cybersecurity data using enterprise and custom tools data aggregation and analysis tools, including Splunk 
• Knowledge of federal information security policies, standards, procedures, directives, frameworks, federal security authorizations, assessment, and risk management processes for enterprise systems 
• Knowledge of SolarWinds, FireEye, WUG, and network packet sniffers, including Wireshark 
• Ability to provide support in an IT operations and maintenance Tier II role, including ticket work information updates, issue response, and remediation
• ForeScout Certification, including FSCA or FSCE Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Build Your Career:

When you join Booz Allen, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with other professionals doing similar work across multiple markets. You’ll share best practices and work through challenges as you gain experience and mentoring to develop your career. In addition, you will have access to a wealth of training resources through our Engineering & Science University, an online learning portal where you can access more than 5000 tech courses, certifications, and books. Build your technical skills through hands-on training on the latest tools and tech from our in-house experts. Pursuing certifications that directly impact your role? You may be able to take advantage of our tuition assistance, on-site courses, vendor relationships, and a network of experts who can give you helpful tips. We’ll help you develop the career you want as you chart your own course for success.

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. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

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 $73,100.00 to $166,000.00 (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.