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Cyber System Security Engineer - Early Career

Lockheed Martin · Fort Worth, Texas


Description:At Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. This is a place for engineers, scientists, and problem-solvers who are ready to engage deeply, think critically, and build with purpose. You will not just launch a career. You will be part of something bigger. This is where the best are built.

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a full-time Early Career Cyber System Security Engineer. In this role, you will ensure that cyber security requirements are properly defined, decomposed, allocated, implemented, and assessed to produce a cyber-resilient security design solution for the target platform. This includes participating in working groups, design reviews, and formal artifact reviews alongside other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and providing security expertise to ensure cyber security is considered early in the product development lifecycle. The successful candidate will have experience and/or knowledge of software development, a basic understanding of secure coding principles, cyber risk analysis, and security assessment methods. Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Basic Qualifications:
• B.S. Degree in Cybersecurity, Cyber Security Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Security, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Systems Engineering
• Basic knowledge of cyber risk analysis and security assessment methods
• Experience in software development and programing
• Strong analytical and organizational skills and have the ability to work in a dynamic work environment
• Final Secret Clearance to start with the ability to obtain program’s clearance
Desired Skills:
• Proficient with embedded software development (C, C++, C#, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of Risk Management Framework
• Familiar with secure coding principles
• Familiar with vulnerability assessments
• Proactive self-starter with the ability to learn rapidly and work independently
• Familiar with full software development life cycle, and system engineering process
• DoD Directive 8570.1 IAT Level II or higher certification (Security+ certification or higher)
• Ability to travel as required
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: 4 yr and up College
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Yes
Career Area: Cyber Security Engineering
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First

Security pay context

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