Solutions Engineer

Solutions Engineer

The Opportunity:

Everyone is trying to “harness the cloud”, but not everyone knows how. As an aspiring cloud computing infrastructure architect on our team, you’ll learn how to use cutting-edge enterprise cloud platforms to support your clients as they modernize their IT infrastructure and meet their most difficult missions. We’re looking for someone like you to help the environment of our warfighters.

You’ll closely collaborate with cloud architects and engineers specializing in Office 365, Azure, AWS, and GCP to design, define, develop, test, and debug cloud solution components. You’ll have the chance to grow your skills within a DevOps framework to develop and manage container apps and use products like Kubernetes to further the mission. With access to our internal Azure, AWS, and GCP labs, you’ll have the space and time to explore different ways of solving our clients’ challenges, and you’ll work with your team and stakeholders to deliver the right technical solutions. Whether helping to modernize legacy computing platforms and applications or learning to create new ones from scratch, you’ll have the latest tech and brightest teammates at your fingertips.  

Grow your skills at the leading edge of innovation.  

Join us. The world can’t wait.  

You Have:

• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, through coursework, personal projects, or a home lab environment

• Experience standing up and managing virtualized or containerized infrastructure, including in a Proxmox cluster, Docker homelab, or Kubernetes sandbox

• Experience writing automation or infrastructure-as-code scripts, Terraform configs, Ansible playbooks, or CI/CD pipelines in a personal or academic project

• Experience with AI or ML projects, including RAG pipeline, local model deployed and iterated on, or an LLM-backed tool

• Knowledge of logging, monitoring, or observability tooling

• Knowledge of how systems work under the hood

• Ability to learn a new technology, get to a working implementation, and explain decisions made along the way

• Ability to communicate clearly in writing, including documentation, README files, write-ups, or technical notes

• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a Science, Technology, or Engineering field

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with a major cloud provider beyond basic usage, including deploying and managing workloads, networking and IAM boundaries, and configuration

• Experience with container orchestration beyond local Docker Kubernetes clusters, including stand-up, breaking, and fixing, in a lab or academic environment

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, including writing and maintaining Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, or equivalent

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and implementation, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent built for a real project with deployment targets

• Experience with secrets management, network segmentation, or access control design

• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability stacks, including building dashboards, tuning alerts, and diagnosing incidents, using Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or equivalent

• Experience supporting DoD programs, installations, or defense contractor environments

• Experience with DoD mission systems or C2 platform integration across NIPR, SIPR, or coalition network environments

• Experience in a technical lead role with accountability for both the design and the delivery outcome

• Professional or Specialty AWS Certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional or Security Specialty Certification

Clearance: 

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

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 $55,300.00 to $126,000.00 (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 application process, 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.

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.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.