The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space—delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.
At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration – to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.
Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD) staff couple the latest in information system technologies, such as elastic compute clouds, containerization, microservices, real-time operating systems, and visualization frameworks, with expertise in cyber security, software architecture, software engineering, process improvement, and software development to deliver responsive, resilient, high-performance software intensive systems to our IC, DoD, and civilian customers.
Aerospace's Cyber Security and Advanced Platforms Subdivision, Cyber Assessments and Research Department is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer (Cyber Security Architecture and Information System Security) to help design, implement, assess and deploy cyber solutions that defend our nation's most valuable assets in space.
Work Model
This position will be a hybrid work model and offer partially remote with some onsite work required in Chantilly, VA as the business needs allow.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Perform research in the areas of cyber and network security.
- Advise DoD and IC space system customers on secure design and implementation of systems.
- Identify security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in SW, HW and Architecture design for mission environments and be able to make recommended mitigations.
- Lead or participate in projects involving one or more of the following areas: Vulnerability Assessment, Cyber Security Architecture, Cyber Security Prototype/Capability Development, cyber system trade-off studies for various system designs or protocols, validation of network system requirements.
- Provide recommendations on network architectures and solutions based on technical performance evaluations.
- Contribute to the development of security prototypes.
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors or advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar technical area of study.
- 5 or more years of professional experience in cyber security.
- Demonstrable proficiency in one or more programming languages.
- Proficient in Linux and Unix based operating systems.
- Knowledge and/or experience of both offensive and defensive cyber security tools, tactics, techniques and procedures.
- Knowledge and/or experience performing vulnerability assessment and mitigation.
- Network engineering and architecture knowledge (TCP/IP, IPSEC, HTTP/S, routing protocols).
- Willing to travel occasionally to work location or customer site/domestically/internationally approx. 10% of the time.
- This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 8 or more years of professional experience in cyber security.
- Excellent communication skills; experience developing and delivering briefings for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- History of mentoring junior staff.
- Demonstrable history of project leadership in cyber assessments, prototype development and/or cyber research.
How You Can Stand Out
It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:
- Advanced technical degree.
- Experience designing, implementing, or maintaining network devices (to include configuration of routers, switches and/or firewalls).
- Experience with space systems, including familiarity with space, ground and user segments, as well as legacy software.
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Experience with Agile methodology and team collaboration tools.
Our Commitment to Diversity
The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions.
We are all unique, from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other—the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.
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