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Cyber Engineer Principal

SAIC
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 6/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/2/2026
Job ID: 2613061

Location: Washington, DC, US

Date Posted: 2026-05-28

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cyber Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_REMOTE

Description

This position requires familiarity with the FAA Lifecycle Management Process as well as NIST Risk Management Framework and Air Traffic Organization (ATO) processes for information system approvals.

Expected duties to include but not limited to Completion of annual Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) security deliverables Security requirements are appropriately incorporated throughout the FAA Lifecycle: from Concept and Requirements Definition, to Solution Implementation, to In-Service Management, System compliance with security and privacy regulations including Zero-Trust Model, Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) requirements, and FAA Orders, Participation in security requirement testing and validation, Risk management decisions align and minimize security impacts on FAA and NAS Mission, Strong technical writing skills for review, critique and briefing of dashboards and reports to customer.

Writes and updates material for reports, briefs, proposals, and related technical and administrative publications concerned with work methods and procedures. Refines work of writers, and heads and coordinates activities of writers engaged in preparing technical, scientific, medical, or other material for publication in conjunction with or independent from research, and related activities.

Additional security responsibilities:

Data calls for commercial vulnerabilities

Bulletins, Advisories, and Alerts

Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M maintenance)

Continuous operational security support

Weekly Dashboard and Reports

Qualifications

Required knowledge and skills include:

NIST SP 800-53 as revised,

NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)

FAA Lifecycle Management Process for Information Systems Security

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security or Information Systems or related field and ten (10) years or more experience.
  • ship is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance


Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


Salary : $120,001 - $160,000

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