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System Security Engineer

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JHU Applied Physics Laboratory

Laurel, MD (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 1 week ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/28/2026

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Job Description

System Security Engineer Are you looking for an opportunity to utilize your technical skills to solve complex, real-world problems?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL!Our team is in need of detail-oriented Senior System Security Engineers to contribute to sponsor missions. In this role, you will serve as a technical lead, working with a dedicated team of professionals to provide full systems engineering support across the system development lifecycle.

As a Senior Systems Security Engineer you will...
  • Lead technical projects and apply your knowledge of systems engineering and analysis to successfully deliver projects to meet sponsor needs
  • Lead interdisciplinary teams to design and engineer resilient, cutting-edge solutions
  • Work with government stakeholders and decision makers to ensure systems under development meet their varied and complex operational needs, while communicating technical risk and limitations
  • Lead efforts to design and develop systems to meet operational requirements
  • Contribute to innovation by identifying and contributing new ideas for potential funding Qualifications You meet our minimum qualifications for the job if you ...
  • Possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Information Systems Security or related field
  • Have at least 7+ years of experience in the design, development, and deployment of complex systems or analytics
  • Have a strong technical background with the full lifecycle systems engineering processes
  • Possess extensive knowledge and demonstrated success in leading complex technical programs to achieve a cyber resilient design
  • Have demonstrated experience with system design and prototyping novel solutions including concept development, requirements analysis, design, test and evaluation
  • Have demonstrated team leadership or project management skills
  • Are comfortable working independently as well as in a team
  • Have strong verbal and written communication skills and strong critical thinking skills
  • Are willing to travel to and from sponsor and test sites up to 20% of the time
  • Hold an active Secret security clearance and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship. You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you...
  • Possess a Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Information Systems Security or related field
  • Have experience in applied research for the areas of systems/software engineering, system definition, design, and development, system architecture, requirements analysis, test and evaluation, or a related field
  • Have experience with DoD weapons, sensors, or other related operational military technology
  • Have an understanding of critical infrastructure and non-traditional systems
  • Hold an active Top Secret Security Clearance About Us.
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