Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to hands-on build and defend secure systems for classified enclaves and mission ground environments. You will drive accreditation, implement security controls, and work with program engineers to keep systems compliant.

You will mentor junior engineers and help shape team standards and playbooks. The role emphasizes real ownership, rapid threat mitigation, and collaboration across security, engineering, and operations to deliver secure

Responsibilities

• Engineer and harden security architecture across classified enclaves and lab environments.
• Drive RMF accreditation, author SSPs and risk assessments, and maintain ATO/ATC status.
• Defend the environment with vulnerability management, patching, and log review.
• Respond to incidents, investigate and coordinate corrective actions with system owners.
• Automate compliance tasks with scripting and tooling to streamline evidence.
• Collaborate with program engineers to deliver secure systems on mission schedule.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team standards and playbooks.

Job description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

The role is part of the In-Space Systems business unit, which is focused on addressing two of the most compelling challenges in spaceflight today: space infrastructure and increasing mobility on-orbit.

Blue National Security (BNS) builds and operates space systems for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The classified enclaves, mission ground systems, and labs behind those missions have to be secure, accredited, and available every time.

We're looking for aSenior Cybersecurity Engineerto do that work hands-on. You'll engineer and harden the systems our programs depend on, drive them through accreditation, and stand watch over them once they're operational.

This is a builder's role on a team that is still writing its own playbooks. You'll have real ownership over specific systems and enclaves, and direct influence over the standards the rest of the team adopts.

What You'll Do

• Engineer and harden.Implement security architecture across classified enclaves, mission ground systems, and lab environments - network segmentation, identity and access management, endpoint hardening, logging and audit, and encryption at rest and in transit.
• Drive accreditation.Author and maintain SSPs, security control implementation statements, risk assessments, and POA&Ms. Take systems through RMF to ATO and ATC, then keep them compliant through continuous monitoring.
• Defend the environment.Perform vulnerability scanning and remediation, patch management, log review and audit reduction, and triage of security events alongside the enterprise SOC.
• Respond to incidents.Participate in the on-call rotation. Investigate, contain, and document incidents, and drive corrective actions to closure with system owners.
• Automate the toil.Build the scripting and tooling that make compliance evidence, STIG application, and reporting repeatable rather than manual.
• Support the mission directly.Work shoulder-to-shoulder with program engineers and system administrators to deliver secure systems on mission schedule - finding the compliant path to YES.
• Raise the bar.Mentor junior engineers and analysts, and contribute to team standards, baselines, and accreditation playbooks.

Minimum Qualifications