Cybersecurity Engineer - SME

About the Position

Cybersecurity Engineer - SME

Join Peraton in advancing the safety, efficiency, and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAA’s Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration, Peraton helps deliver the systems and services that keep our nation’s skies safe and connected. We’re looking for innovative professionals who thrive in mission-critical environments and are passionate about shaping the future of air traffic management. This is your chance to make an impact on one of the world’s most vital transportation infrastructures, working alongside leaders in aviation, engineering, data science, and systems integration.

At Peraton, you won’t just support the mission - you’ll define it.

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Responsibilities

As a Cybersecurity Engineer - SME, you will provide cradle-to-grave cybersecurity engineering support for mission-critical systems-from requirements and design through integration, testing, deployment, authorization, operations, and sustainment. You will work across engineering disciplines to ensure cybersecurity requirements are effectively implemented, verified, and maintained throughout the system lifecycle.

• Provide cybersecurity engineering across the full system lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, integration, test, deployment, operations, and sustainment.
• Develop, maintain, allocate, and trace cybersecurity requirements through system design, implementation, and verification.
• Develop and maintain System Security Plans (SSPs), RMF artifacts, security controls, POA&Ms, and authorization evidence.
• Apply NIST standards, RMF, and applicable FAA/program cybersecurity requirements, memo, and guidance.
• Conduct cybersecurity architecture/design reviews, vulnerability and risk assessments, security testing, and remediation verification.
• Assess cybersecurity impacts of software releases, hardware/network changes, interfaces, patches, and configuration changes.
• Support vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, security baselines, configuration/change control, and POA&M closure.
• Provide cybersecurity engineering during system/site integration, testing, acceptance, deployment, and transition to operations.
• Partner with systems, software, network, test, integration, and implementation teams to identify and resolve cybersecurity risks.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks, impacts, and recommended solutions to engineering teams, program leadership, and customers.

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Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 12 years’ experience or Master’s degree and 10 years’ experience or Associate’s degree and 14 years’ experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 16 years’ experience
• Cybersecurity engineering experience supporting complex government, aviation, defense, or other mission-critical systems.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cybersecurity engineering across the system lifecycle.
• Experience with RMF, SSP development, NIST SP 800-53, POA&Ms, security assessment, vulnerability management, and system authorization.
• Experience translating cybersecurity requirements into system architecture, design, implementation, and verification activities.
• Experience conducting cybersecurity architecture reviews, risk assessments, security testing, vulnerability analysis, and remediation.
• Experience supporting networked, distributed, and high-availability systems.
• Experience with Linux, Windows, network security, firewalls, routers, switches, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD security, SAST/DAST, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, or security automation.
• Experience with cloud engineering.
• Experience in COTS integration into government environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting FAA operational systems.
• Experience with cybersecurity with cloud technologies
• Ability to communicate complex cybersecurity risks and recommendations to technical, program, and customer stakeholders.
• Experience with geographically distributed systems, site integration, deployment, and operational transition.
• Experience with Zero Trust principles and architecture.

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We Offer

• Competitive Salary: $135,000 - $216,000
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays.
• Work Environment: 100% on-site, primarily located in Herndon, VA.

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About the Company

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.