Senior Cybersecurity Engineer — On-Site, Top Secret

SimVentions, Inc - Glassdoor 4.6; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) programs

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Job summary

SimVentions is seeking a Senior-Level Cybersecurity Engineer to join our on-site team at NSWC Dahlgren, VA. Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and US citizenship are required. The role focuses on cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, and risk assessment for combat systems.

You will lead groups, analyze policy gaps, and document system engineering efforts using MBSE, contributing to secure, mission-ready platforms across classified programs.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years program specific security engineering experience with Navy afloat/tactical combat systems or ten (10) years general security engineering experience.
• Minimum certification as IAT Level II or higher per DoD 8570.01, or successor.
• Privileged User requirements and JPAS verification for certain roles.
• Understanding of DoD IA policies for Land Based and afloat/tactical systems, and clear communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, best practices, and guidance for combat systems.
• Lead working groups to develop cybersecurity strategies addressing emerging threats.
• Perform analysis of cybersecurity and information technology policy gaps for combat systems.
• Develop cybersecurity risk assessment analyses and mitigation plans for combat systems.
• Document cybersecurity requirements, gap analyses, threat analyses, and system engineering for combat systems.
• Use MBSE models to perform cybersecurity analysis.

Skills

Cybersecurity requirements development

Cyber threat analysis

Cyber engineering

Cyber systems architecture development

Cybersecurity policy development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity

Job description

SimVentions is seeking a Senior-Level Cybersecurity Engineer to join our on-site team at NSWC Dahlgren, VA. Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and US citizenship are required. The role focuses on cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, and risk assessment for combat systems.

You will lead groups, analyze policy gaps, and document system engineering efforts using MBSE, contributing to secure, mission-ready platforms across classified programs.