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# System Security Engineer

- **Company:** Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
- **Location:** Laurel, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $290,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.nettemps.com/us/en/W9EB217E3751FF1DD5E.ntap

## About the Role

* Possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Information Systems Security or related field
 * Have at least 7+ years of experience in the design, development, and deployment of complex systems or analytics
 * Have a strong technical background with the full lifecycle systems engineering processes
 * Possess extensive knowledge and demonstrated success in leading complex technical programs to achieve a cyber resilient design
 * Have demonstrated experience with system design and prototyping novel solutions including concept development, requirements analysis, design, test and evaluation
 * Have demonstrated team leadership or project management skills
 * Are comfortable working independently as well as in a team
 * Have strong verbal and written communication skills and strong critical thinking skills
 * Are willing to travel to and from sponsor and test sites up to 20% of the time
 * Hold an active Secret security clearance and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

You'll go above and beyond our minimum requirements if you .

 * Possess a Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Information Systems Security or related field
 * Have experience in applied research for the areas of systems/software engineering, system definition, design, and development, system architecture, requirements analysis, test and evaluation, or a related field
 * Have experience with DoD weapons, sensors, or other related operational military technology
 * Have an understanding of critical infrastructure and non-traditional systems
 * Hold an active Top Secret Security Clearance

## Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to utilize your technical skills to solve complex, real-world problems?, Our team is in need of detail-oriented Senior System Security Engineers to contribute to sponsor missions. In this role, you will serve as a technical lead, working with a dedicated team of professionals to provide full systems engineering support across the system development lifecycle., * Lead technical projects and apply your knowledge of systems engineering and analysis to successfully deliver projects to meet sponsor needs

 * Lead interdisciplinary teams to design and engineer resilient, cutting-edge solutions
 * Work with government stakeholders and decision makers to ensure systems under development meet their varied and complex operational needs, while communicating technical risk and limitations
 * Lead efforts to design and develop systems to meet operational requirements
 * Contribute to innovation by identifying and contributing new ideas for potential funding