Lead Military Cyber Resilience Engineer

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Military Cyber Engineering Lead to spearhead multi-disciplinary teams designing resilient cyber solutions for high-assurance military platforms.

You will partner with government sponsors, evolve architectures to withstand hostile cyber environments, and lead end-to-end engineering across acquisitions, operations, and sustainment while advancing new concepts and ensuring security clearances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, or another field relevant to the duties as described above.
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing and maintaining military systems.
• Ability to design solutions that mitigate cyber-attack impact given funding/operations constraints.
• Demonstrated team leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proven critical thinker with strategy development skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10% and work in classified areas.
• Eligibility for Interim Secret clearance with potential TS/SCI+poly; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Work with government sponsors to identify critical challenge areas for contributions.
• Analyze and evolve architectures to enhance system resilience to cyber attack.
• Lead teams in designing robust, resilient solutions for acquisitions, operations, and sustainment in hostile cyber environments.
• Contribute to strategy and early concept demonstration while respecting system constraints.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Oral and written communication

Critical thinking

Security clearance readiness

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Military Cyber Engineering Lead to spearhead multi-disciplinary teams designing resilient cyber solutions for high-assurance military platforms.

You will partner with government sponsors, evolve architectures to withstand hostile cyber environments, and lead end-to-end engineering across acquisitions, operations, and sustainment while advancing new concepts and ensuring security clearances.