Senior Offensive Cyberspace Warfare Lead

The Aerospace Corporation; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 171,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation is a cybersecurity-focused leader supporting national security space missions. This role leads offensive cyberspace warfare initiatives, integrates CW capabilities with space control operations, and guides requirements and testing across multiple programs to ensure mission success.

Senior leadership ensures coordination among CW engineers, analysts, and systems engineers while maintaining strong customer and IC partnerships and managing budgets for capability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related STEM field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in offensive cyberspace operations, cybersecurity, systems engineering, software development, embedded systems, or similar.
• Proven leadership as a senior technical authority coordinating teams of contributors for offensive cyber operations.
• Knowledge of CW domains as they apply to space operations and space policy, doctrine, and operations.
• Willingness to travel up to ~20% domestically and ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead CCD's offensive CW initiatives, coordinating teams to develop, test, evaluate, and operationalize offensive CW.
• Integrate offensive CW capabilities with space control operations and mission engineering.
• Lead requirements development for offensive CW capabilities supporting military and IC customers.
• Conduct hands-on vulnerability research on embedded and specialized systems.
• Coordinate operations integration and testing across programs, including testing and mission rehearsals.

Skills

Leadership

CW operations

Project leadership

Communication

Security clearance process

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related STEM

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is a cybersecurity-focused leader supporting national security space missions. This role leads offensive cyberspace warfare initiatives, integrates CW capabilities with space control operations, and guides requirements and testing across multiple programs to ensure mission success.

Senior leadership ensures coordination among CW engineers, analysts, and systems engineers while maintaining strong customer and IC partnerships and managing budgets for capability