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Cyber Engineer Senior Principal

SAIC
Huntsville, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 6/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/16/2026
Job ID 2613721

Location Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted 2026-06-16

Category Cyber

Subcategory Cyber Engineer

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to support the Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering & Integration Directorate (S3I). The candidate will participate in planning, development, implementation, and documentation of technical security solutions for software and information systems throughout the product development lifecycle.

Job Duties

  • Conduct technical evaluation of software requirements
  • Work with functional teams to implement, maintain, and monitor technical security controls, to include STIGs, SRGs, and/or other industry security hardening guidance.
  • Review proposed code, configuration, and system design changes for security impact and determine approval or denial of change requests.
  • Validate technical security controls are in place for operating systems, applications, and network appliances, and recommend enhancements
  • Analyze, track, and document disposition of static code analysis scan results
  • Perform and analyze results of Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) scans to identify weaknesses and develop operational plans to remediate or mitigate weaknesses as they are discovered.
  • Assist in updating system artifacts to support RMF; i.e., system diagrams (logical and physical) Hardware/Software/Firmware Inventory, Interface & Ports, Protocols and Services listing, etc.
  • Maintain a working knowledge of information system (IS) functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational security measures
  • Maintain current knowledge of relevant technology and security threats

Qualifications

Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s and fourteen (14) years of experience; Six (6) additional years' can be accepted in lieu of degree (per contract vehicle).

Certification Requirements

  • Security CE or higher DoD 8570 Certification

Clearance Requirements

  • Must possess a Secret security clearance with the ability to maintain; US Citizenship required.

Required Skills

  • Experience with C/C /Java/YAML
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to adapt to a dynamic customer-oriented environment
  • Working knowledge of DISA STIG/SRG and STIG tools
  • Experience with static code analysis/dynamic analysis (Tools Parasoft, Coverity, Fortify)

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