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Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Banner Defense, Inc.
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 2/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/25/2031

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

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Be a part of our passionate and determined team on a mission to use our skills and experiences to make a difference in the defense and aerospace industry.

Position Description:

Banner Defense is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to join our team! In this role you will provide support to MDA's System Security Engineering Directorate (MDA/CEY) in the development of system-level cybersecurity requirements, anti-tamper solutions, and execution of a disciplined systems engineering process to produce System-level technical documents necessary to establish the basis for MDA Program Office subsystem engineering.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide senior-level support developing cyber developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) approaches.
  • Evaluate cybersecurity DT&E results and identify cybersecurity-related risks to Missile Defense System programs.
  • Integrate cyber requirements into system designs and into various cyber development and testing events to include cyber tabletop and intelligence exercises.
  • Support the evaluation and effectiveness of cyber capabilities to defend the fielded MDS against cyberspace attack.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Experience:

  • US Citizenship
  • Active DoD Secret Security Clearance, or the ability to quickly apply for one.
  • Master's degree in STEM and 12 years of related DoD experience
  • Experience in deriving system requirements based on operational needs.
  • Knowledge of and experience in test planning/execution, and in evaluation/analysis of resulting test data.
  • Experience with blue and red team testing techniques and their application to both tabletop exercises and DT&E.
  • Experience in characterizing system-level risks, and in developing associated recommendations for senior leadership.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate technical information to senior MDA leaders.
  • Must be able to travel up to 10%-15% of the time.

Desired Skills/Experience:

  • Previous MDA experience, particularly MDA systems engineering.
  • Knowledge of MDA systems engineering processes.
  • Knowledge of ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missile defense fundamentals.
  • Knowledge of Software Assurance and Zero Trust policy application in systems engineering.
  • Knowledge of joint targeting process and its application to potential adversarial activity in operational cyberspace.
  • Experience with applying cybersecurity, cyber resilience, and cyber survivability policy/guidance to system requirement development, system test planning, and system evaluation.
  • Experience translating cyber threat intelligence and operational risks into testable, system-level cybersecurity requirements for warfighting or mission-critical systems.
  • Experience with development and/or review of system architectures, safety hazards, and failure analysis documentation.
  • Experience with development and/or review of model-based system engineering models.
  • Knowledge of system security engineering principles, such as anti-tamper, supply chain risk evaluation, and program protection, and their interaction with cybersecurity implementations.
  • Experience with the development and manipulation of artificial intelligence/machine learning tools, and with applying those tools to systems engineering processes.

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