Job ID 2511257
Location HUNTSVILLE, AL, US
Date Posted 2025-10-31
Category Cyber
Subcategory Cyber Engineer
Schedule Full-time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Top Secret
Potential for Remote Work No
Description
SAIC is seeking a motivated and ambitious Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Senior Cyber Engineer to join the Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center – Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) Tech Center located onsite at Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville, AL
The UAS Cyber Engineer will lead the hardware, software, and operating system hardening and documentation for UAS systems and associated subsystems.
Job Duties And Responsibilities
- Perform software and system installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of commercial and government software for system development, scanning, and hardening
- Conduct software application source, hardware component, and operating system scans to identify system vulnerabilities
- Conduct system configuration changes to resolve system vulnerabilities including changes to Microsoft Windows and UNIX-based operating system configuration files
- Conduct Cybersecurity vulnerability testing, full system evaluation, and documentation
- Use STIGs, ACAS, NESSUS, and the NIST Risk Management Framework to prepare for and complete Security Control Assessment (SCA) events
- Conduct comprehensive vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate security risks in hardware, software and external network boundary connections
- Collaborate with system integrators, network engineers, software developers, and project managers to implement, maintain and monitor technical security controls, and harden information systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the DoD and outside government agencies to develop and integrate cybersecurity solutions and boundary protection
- Develop robust integration solutions for diverse UAS enterprise services. This includes SATCOM (GEO/PLEO), networking, and audio solutions
- Develop Cybersecurity engineering technical material including vulnerability assessment reports, architectural analysis reports, system security plan, security control traceability matrix, and cyber SOPs
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION
- BS degree and fourteen (14) years of related experience; four (4) years accepted in lieu of degree
Required Skills
- Strong experience with Linux operating systems
- Experience with system scanning, identification and resolution of vulnerabilities
- Experience with industry Cyber tools including ACAS, Nessus, SCAP, and STIG Viewer
- Experience with source code scanning utilities (e.g. Checkmarx, SonarQube, Fortify, etc.)
Desired Skills
- Experience with Agile development workflow
- Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls and the Authority To Operate (ATO) process
- Experience with MBSE and Assurant modeling
- Experience with system architecture, Cisco switches, and virtual machines
- Experience with basic scripting in Bash and PowerShell
- Experience with technical documentation writing
- Experience with Virtualization software such as VMware or VirtualBox
Required Clearance
- Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a TOP SECRET security clearance
Required Certification
- Active CompTIA Security+ Certification
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