Senior Cyber Security Engineer – National Defense Systems

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

Job summary

KBR's National Security Solutions team in El Segundo, CA seeks a Cyber Security Engineer to join our on-site team. An active TS/SCI clearance is required to be considered for this position.

The role involves designing and protecting critical defense systems, with responsibilities spanning secure OS, network, and database product security, risk assessment, and collaboration with external agencies to strengthen national security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• An active TS/SCI clearance is required to be considered.
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, test and implement state-of-the-art secure operating systems, networks, and database products.
• Conduct 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.

Skills

Effective communication

Independent work

Technical expertise

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

KBR's National Security Solutions team in El Segundo, CA seeks a Cyber Security Engineer to join our on-site team. An active TS/SCI clearance is required to be considered for this position.

The role involves designing and protecting critical defense systems, with responsibilities spanning secure OS, network, and database product security, risk assessment, and collaboration with external agencies to strengthen national security.