Mission Security Engineer

Piper Companies; Lexington Park (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

401K

PTO

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Mission Security Engineer to support cybersecurity engineering, secure system architecture, and mission security efforts for a U.S. Navy program. This role requires 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, systems engineering, or security architecture, an active Secret Clearance, and U.S.

citizenship. You will design secure architectures, analyze requirements, and lead security design efforts for critical operating environments.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required
• 3+ years of experience with mission security methods, techniques, and systems
• Experience analyzing engineering requirements, testing, and evaluation activities
• Experience with cybersecurity, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and operations security
• Experience applying secure coding practices and securing operating systems
• Experience with virtualization technologies
• Ability to design security architectures based on threat analysis and countermeasures
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics

Responsibilities

• Design secure system architectures to support critical operational missions
• Analyze engineering requirements and support testing and evaluation activities throughout the system lifecycle
• Apply cybersecurity principles across mission security, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and operations security
• Implement secure coding practices and security hardening techniques for operating systems and virtualized environments
• Design security solutions based on threat analysis and identified countermeasures
• Lead network and system security design efforts while balancing mission and security requirements
• Support secure communications initiatives for U.S. Navy programs

Skills

Cybersecurity

Systems engineering

Security architecture

Threat analysis

Secure coding

Virtualization

Security testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Math/Physics

Master's degree in Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Mission Security Engineer to support cybersecurity engineering, secure system architecture, and mission security efforts for a U.S. Navy program. This opportunity is ideal for a candidate with 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity, systems engineering, or security architecture who is looking to support mission-critical defense initiatives.

Responsibilities of Mission Security Engineer

• Design and develop secure system architectures to support critical operational missions.
• Analyze engineering requirements and support testing and evaluation activities throughout the system lifecycle.
• Apply cybersecurity principles across mission security, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and operations security.
• Implement secure coding practices and security hardening techniques for operating systems and virtualized environments.
• Design security solutions based on threat analysis and identified countermeasures.
• Lead network and system security design efforts while balancing mission and security requirements.
• Support secure communications initiatives for U.S. Navy programs.

Qualifications for Mission Security Engineer

• Active Secret Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required
• 3+ years of experience with mission security methods, techniques, and systems
• Experience analyzing engineering requirements, testing, and evaluation activities
• Experience with cybersecurity, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and operations security
• Experience applying secure coding practices and securing operating systems
• Experience with virtualization technologies
• Ability to design security architectures based on threat analysis and countermeasures
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS)
• Experience with Cameo or MagicDraw modeling tools
• Experience implementing cryptographic algorithms
• Experience implementing and testing security countermeasures
• Experience with Security State of the Art (S-SOTA) technologies
• Knowledge of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) FPGA security features
• Master's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics

Compensation

• $86,900 - $198,000 annually based on experience
• Onsite
• Comprehensive Benefits: Cigna Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, Sick Leave if required by law, and Holidays

This job opens for applications on 11/12/2026 Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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