Top Aerospace Cybersecurity Jobs

Administers and secures enterprise network infrastructure, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, switches, routers, and wireless systems. Monitors traffic and SIEM alerts, investigates and responds to incidents, remediates vulnerabilities, and supports network troubleshooting, performance, disaster recovery, compliance, audits, and documentation. The role collaborates with cybersecurity teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders to maintain reliable and resilient municipal systems.

Leads security engineering across DoD and Intelligence Community systems, overseeing security teams and Risk Management Framework processes through system ATOs. Provides technical guidance on system hardening, patching, incident response, vulnerability management, security policies, and security controls. Serves as Security Engineering Product Owner, coordinates with government security stakeholders, manages priorities and deliverables, and guides implementation across cloud and on-premises environments.

Senior cybersecurity operations analyst responsible for operating and improving EDR, SIEM, WAF, identity, vulnerability management, application security, and threat intelligence capabilities. Leads escalated investigations, threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, security automation, and remediation prioritization. Integrates security tools through APIs, supports compliance evidence, mentors junior analysts, maintains runbooks, and participates in on-call coverage and security exercises.

Supports cybersecurity architecture, risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, RMF compliance, and accreditation activities for wearable and sensor-based systems. Develops cybersecurity documentation and strategies, supports IATT and ATO efforts, and protects system data. The role requires DoD cybersecurity and NIST knowledge, an engineering or science bachelor’s degree, and an active Top Secret clearance. The position is contingent upon contract award.

Build and improve platform security for software operating across cloud, factory, edge, and air-gapped environments. Responsibilities include implementing identity, access control, secrets management, data protection, and system boundaries; hardening Kubernetes, Linux, cloud, and edge deployments; securing software supply chains; automating CI/CD security controls; conducting threat modeling and vulnerability remediation; and supporting accreditation through technical controls, evidence, and system designs.

Designs, implements, accredits, troubleshoots, and sustains NSA CSfC secure communications solutions for classified DoD environments. Leads operations and maintenance for the ViSR remote SIPRNet access capability, supports scaling and deployment across NETCOM areas, and provides Tier III engineering. Responsibilities include secure network architecture, VPN and firewall configuration, PKI and identity management, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, testing, documentation, compliance, and coordination with government, cybersecurity, engineering, and vendor stakeholders.

The Security Assurance Lead will establish and lead a security testing and assurance organization spanning spacecraft, embedded hardware, supply chain, launch operations, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and ground systems. Responsibilities include defining governance, security KPIs, risk frameworks, testing strategies, vulnerability remediation thresholds, and launch-readiness criteria. The role leads red teaming, penetration testing, vulnerability research, and cross-functional security improvements, while providing final security sign-off for mission-critical hardware and software releases.

AeroVironment is recruiting for upcoming five-year cybersecurity contract opportunities across database engineering, information systems security, software, systems, cloud, testing, administration, web development, and data science. Team members will support defensive cyber operations, critical infrastructure protection, threat detection, containment, mitigation, systems integration, analytics, information sharing, malware analysis, configuration management, and training development. Positions begin in late 2026 or early 2027 and may require U.S. person status or U.S. citizenship under ITAR and contract requirements.

Identifies, prioritizes, and coordinates remediation of vulnerabilities across applications, endpoints, networks, cloud, and hybrid environments. The analyst operates scanning tools, validates defenses with penetration-testing techniques, monitors sensitive-data exposure and excessive access, analyzes threat intelligence, coordinates patching and hardening, and produces technical and executive remediation dashboards. The role also documents standards, exceptions, and response playbooks while collaborating with IT, DevOps, systems administration, GRC, and compliance teams.

Designs and automates cloud security architecture, guardrails, IAM, zero-trust controls, and compliance across AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and CI/CD pipelines. Conducts threat modeling and security assessments, monitors cloud threats, supports incident response, and builds self-service security tools that enable engineering teams to work securely. The role partners with platform, DevOps, SRE, architecture, and enterprise security teams.