Cyber Security Engineer

Trinzic; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer in El Segundo, CA. Active TS/SCI clearance is required. Role focuses on designing and optimizing defense systems to protect national security and space missions, with a strong emphasis on secure operating systems, networks, and encryption technologies.

Senior responsibilities include risk assessment, system integration, and collaboration with external entities. On-site work with standard hours and a comprehensive compensation package.

Qualifications

• 7–14 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively and present technical approaches clearly.
• Work is performed under limited direction.
• No formal supervisory responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Design, test and implement secure OS, networks, and database products.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide design recommendations.
• Address security issues including architectures, firewalls, data traffic, and network access.
• Analyze across concept to disposal of systems and deployments.
• Use encryption, penetration testing, and security research.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Job description

Title
Cyber Security Engineer
At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.
Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.
Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
KBR is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, CA. An active TS/SCI is required to be considered for this position.
Why Join Us?
Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Key Responsibilities

• Deeply involved in the design, testing and implementation of state-of-the-art secure operating systems, networks, and database products.
• Conducts risk assessment and provide recommendations for application design.
• Deeply involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access.
• Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
• Uses encryption technology, penetration and vulnerability analysis of various security technologies, and information technology security research.
• Deeply involved in the design and development of new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Integrates new architectural features into existing infrastructures, designs cyber security architectural artifacts, provides architectural analysis and relates existing system to future needs and trends, embeds advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integration/testing issues.
• May interface with external entities including law enforcement, and intelligence/government agencies.

Location: On-site
Travel Requirements: Minimal
Working Hours: Standard
Required Qualifications

• 7 -14 Years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent experience. Advanced degree preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
• Able to apply technical expertise, and may have knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Work is performed under limited direction.
• Exercises latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment.
• Completed work may be reviewed from a relatively long-term perspective, for desired results.
• No formal supervisory responsibility.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Basic Compensation: $150 -185k
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
Additional Compensation

• sign on bonus
• relocation benefits
• short term incentives
• long term incentives
• discretionary payments for exceptional performance

Lifestyle Benefits

• 401K plan with company match
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• AD&D
• flexible spending account
• disability
• paid time off
• flexible work schedule

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.