Cybersecurity Specialist Assoc

Job ID 2617326

Location Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted 2026-09-28

Category Cyber

Subcategory Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Secret

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a motivated and ambitious UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Software, Simulation, Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate (S3I) Joint Technology Center – Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) Tech Center. The UAS Cybersecurity Engineer will perform hardware, software, and operating system hardening and documentation for UAS systems and associated subsystems.

The candidate will sit at our customer site in Huntsville, AL.

Job Duties

• Perform software and system installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of commercial and government software for system development, scanning, and hardening.
• Conduct software application source, hardware component, and operating system scans to identify system vulnerabilities.
• Conduct system configuration changes to resolve system vulnerabilities including changes to Microsoft Windows and UNIX-based operating system configuration files.
• Conduct Cybersecurity vulnerability testing, full system evaluation, and documentation.
• Use STIGs, ACAS, NESSUS, and the NIST Risk Management Framework to prepare for and complete Security Control Assessment (SCA) events.
• Collaborate with system integrators, network engineers, software developers, and project managers to implement, maintain and monitor technical security controls, and harden information systems.
• Work within an agile scrum development model producing cyber reports and hardened systems on a biweekly basis.
• Develop Cybersecurity engineering technical material including vulnerability assessment reports, architectural analysis reports, system security plan, security control traceability matrix, and cyber SOPs using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must be willing to travel occasionally to support cyber assessments.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors and 0 years of experience.
• Strong experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with system scanning, identification and resolution of vulnerabilities.
• Experience with industry Cyber tools including ACAS, Nessus, SCAP, and STIG Viewer.
• Experience with source code scanning utilities (e.g. Checkmarx, SonarQube, Fortify, etc.)

Required Clearance

• No clearance required to start; must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret clearance.

Required Certification

• Actively hold or have the ability to obtain a CompTIA Security+ Certification within 90 days of hire.