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# Space Cybersecurity Engineer (Intelligence Center)

- **Company:** MITRE Corporation
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $172,800.0 - $216,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Systems Architecture, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9013787/space-cybersecurity-engineer-intelligence-center

## About the Role

* Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or 5 years and a PhD
 * Bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited technical program in engineering, computer science or other applicable degree.
 * Demonstrated experience applying cybersecurity to embedded, mission-critical, or constrained system environments
 * Experience translating cybersecurity into system architecture decisions
 * Experience in defining how system solutions are evaluated, including performance under failure or degraded conditions
 * Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
 * U.S. Citizenship required
 * This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site, * Advanced degree in applicable STEM areas
 * Experience with space systems or other complex systems
 * Experience applying novel cybersecurity approaches to constrained, autonomous, or disconnected systems
 * Experience working with MBSE/DE and Modeling/Simulation teams
 * Experience with threat-informed engineering, resilience analysis, or mission assurance

## Description

* Define and develop Space Systems cybersecurity requirements using systems engineering principles
 * Develop Space system cybersecurity capabilities to apply into architecture-level constructs accounting for expected system behavior
 * Define how cybersecurity capabilities are evaluated and validated within Space systems
 * Define measurable outcomes for cybersecurity effectiveness (e.g., containment, detection, mission impact)
 * Integrate with MBSE/modeling teams to ensure accurate representation of cybersecurity capabilities, trust boundaries, and enforcement points, with full traceability from capability through architecture to system elements.


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