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Booz Allen Hamilton · 20 hours ago

Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation Platform Engineer

Reston, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$78K/yr - $176K/yr

5+ years exp

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation Platform Engineer to lead the design and implementation of Zero Trust Segmentation policies. The role involves optimizing Illumio platforms across various environments and collaborating with security architects to enhance enterprise security.

ConsultingCyber SecurityIT InfrastructureManagement ConsultingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the design, deployment, configuration, and optimization of Illumio Core and Illumio Edge across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud environments

Support the architecting and implementation of Zero Trust Segmentation policies, including application dependency mapping, labeling frameworks, enforcement boundaries, and zone-based controls

Develop Illumio workflows, runbooks, dashboards, and segmentation models for enterprise workloads and critical applications

Integrate Illumio with SIEM, SOAR, CMDB, C2C, vulnerability scanners, cloud-native controls, and enterprise automation pipelines

Conduct traffic flow analysis using Illumio VEN telemetry and assist in building policy recommendations to reduce attack surface and limit east-west movement

Troubleshoot system performance, VEN installation issues, policy conflicts, and platform health across distributed infrastructure

Partner with application owners to onboard workloads, validate segmentation plans, and support change management processes

Perform lifecycle management, including upgrades, health checks, certificate operations, and policy governance

Collaborate with security architects to align Illumio policy models with broader Zero Trust and NIST 800-207 strategies

Contribute to architectural standards, documentation, and enterprise security playbooks

Qualification

Illumio CoreZero Trust SegmentationInfrastructure AutomationCloud EnvironmentsLinux SystemsWindows SystemsVMwareAWSPythonAnsibleBashPowerShellSIEMSOARServiceNowAnalytical SkillsIllumio CertificationsProblem-Solving Skills

Required

5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, or infrastructure engineering

3+ years of experience in Linux or Windows systems, virtualization, including VMware or Hyper-V, and cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, or GCP

2+ years of experience developing and deploying solutions for highly regulated mission-critical environments, including finance, healthcare, federal, or energy

1+ years of experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform

1+ years of experience with REST APIs, scripting, including Python, Bash, or PowerShell, or automation frameworks

Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

Associate's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master's degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities

DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND

Ability to obtain a DoD 8570.01-M Cybersecurity Service Provider - Infrastructure Support Certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND certification within 30 days of start date