Top Aerospace Cybersecurity Jobs

Design and deploy enterprise IAM and Zero Trust architectures, integrate AI-driven threat detection and automation, lead security intake for new initiatives, conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, and establish metrics to measure and remediate security control effectiveness across corporate and vendor environments.

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.

Support and lead ISSO activities for systems processing classified information: implement and enforce security policies, maintain operational IA posture, perform vulnerability/risk assessments, manage configuration and changes, prepare SSPs/C&A/SRTMs, evaluate security solutions, administer authentication, and support NIST RMF authorization.

Provides information assurance and cybersecurity risk management for classified IT systems. Maintains system security using the Risk Management Framework, evaluates AWS and cloud security solutions, manages configuration documentation, prepares security plans and accreditation packages, performs vulnerability and risk assessments, and addresses POA&Ms using NIST standards. Supports security and risk review boards and writes technical security reports. The role is onsite in McLean, Virginia, requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and involves less than 10% travel.

Perform RMF-based security audits and control assessments (DCSA/JSIG/SAP), review SSPs/POA&Ms and continuous monitoring evidence, evaluate NIST SP 800-53 controls, brief stakeholders, and support ATO/SAP authorization maintenance and remediation tracking.

Support military operations analysis using modeling techniques, manage study teams, present analysis results to decision makers, and maintain simulations.

Designs and integrates cybersecurity controls across network, cloud, virtualization, and enclave environments. Leads RMF and Assessment & Authorization activities, maintains accreditation artifacts, conducts vulnerability and compliance assessments, coordinates remediation, reviews architectures for security risks, supports continuous monitoring and change management, and responds to cybersecurity threats and intrusions.

Designs and maintains secure CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, Kubernetes deployments, Helm charts, and software delivery toolchains across multiple environments and security domains. Automates releases, integrates security scanning and compliance controls, troubleshoots platform and deployment issues, and supports containerized cloud-native applications. Collaborates with developers, platform engineers, AI engineers, cybersecurity teams, and operational stakeholders supporting mission-critical space defense systems.

Develops cybersecurity solutions for national security systems, including kernel-mode programming, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, network programming, embedded software, and infrastructure engineering. The role requires C/C++ development, lower-level networking, debugging, system analysis, and software lifecycle experience. Preferred qualifications include technical leadership, vulnerability research, emulation, operating-system internals, secure coding, reverse-engineering tools, virtualization, source control, CI/CD, and Agile experience.

Serves as an Information System Security Officer supporting NASIC. Responsibilities include managing information system certifications and approvals, coordinating incident response, delivering workforce cybersecurity training, maintaining cybersecurity websites, evaluating risks, mitigating vulnerabilities, and implementing security controls. The role requires securing operating systems, databases, and network devices, applying security frameworks, and using cybersecurity tools.

Develop cybersecurity solutions for national security systems through kernel-mode programming, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, network programming, and infrastructure engineering. Responsibilities include working with C/C++, Assembly, operating systems, communication protocols, debugging tools, embedded systems, and software development environments. The role requires an active Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance.

Onsite Information System Security Officer responsible for system compliance, auditing, security plan development, security education, incident investigation, and sustainment activities (change/account/media management). Collaborates with facility security, program personnel, and government reps; must obtain/maintain a Security professional certification (e.g., Security+) within six months if not already certified.

Onsite Information System Security Officer responsible for system compliance, auditing, security plan development, security education, and investigating security violations. Collaborates with facility security, program staff, and government reps to maintain NISPOM/DAAPM/JSIG/RMF compliance and sustain security controls (change management, accounts, media protection). Requires active Secret clearance and Security+ (or equivalent) within six months if not already held.

Manage cybersecurity compliance, assessment, and operations for Special Access Program classified systems onsite. Oversee RMF/JSIG/DAAG/NISPOM compliance, continuous monitoring, POAMs, ATO preparation, stakeholder coordination, and inspection readiness. Provide technical oversight and coordinate with security, program, and customer stakeholders.

Manages classified and unclassified IT environments and leads system administrators supporting research and development programs. Oversees operations, maintenance, configuration, testing, security, RMF accreditation, network and firewall management, documentation, compliance, customer support, resource allocation, and IT projects. Mentors staff, coordinates with Information Assurance and ISSM teams, develops technical plans and architecture documentation, and provides occasional off-hours support.

Provides on-site administration, maintenance, design, and sustainment of Linux and Windows systems across classified networks. Responsibilities include STIG and RMF compliance, vulnerability scanning and remediation, Active Directory and access management, air-gapped deployments, virtualization, backup and recovery, log aggregation, network administration, and continuity of operations. Requires Secret clearance, ability to obtain Top Secret, and DoD IAT Level II certification.

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.

Leads classified cybersecurity programs supporting DoD systems. Responsibilities include interpreting JSIG and NIST requirements, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, managing RMF authorization and continuous monitoring, documenting security controls, overseeing configuration management, investigating security events, coordinating with government Authorizing Officials, and mentoring cybersecurity personnel.