Cybersecurity Engineer - 25817

Job Description

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Mission Technologies (HII-MT) is seeking a technically minded, inquisitive candidate to join a select team investigating the security of complex systems.  The ideal candidate has a strong multi-disciplinary foundation in digital and analog system architecture or design, and excels at decomposing complex systems and protocols to understand how they work.  Duties will include evaluation and vulnerability assessments of existing systems and designs to include system architecture evaluation, protocol analysis, hardware and/or software vulnerability discovery, and documentation of findings or recommendations. 

Essential Job Responsibilities

Designs and develops new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks. Ensures system security needs established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis. Integrates new architectural features into existing infrastructures, designs cyber security architectural artifacts, provides architectural analysis of cyber security features and relates existing system to future needs and trends, embeds advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integration and testing issues. May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.

Minimum Qualifications

• 0 years experience with Bachelors in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 4 years relevant experience.
• BS in Computer Engineering, or a BS in Electrical Engineering with strong software background (C/C++)
• Hardware and software debugging experience
• Strong interest in cybersecurity, software analysis, and/or embedded system
• Proficiency with scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and basic cryptography
• Minimum Secret clearance required to start
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w/ enhanced security checks

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with low-level development or analysis, such as socket programming, kernel-mode code, or microcontrollers (e.g., Raspberry Pi, Arduino)
• A hacker mindset with interest in network protocols, penetration testing, and hands-on experimentation (e.g., Capture the Flag competitions)
• Experience with reverse engineering tools and techniques, including Ghidra, IDA Pro, or Binary Ninja
• Exposure to FGPA design or analysis workflows
• Familiarity with software engineering practices, including version control and documentation tools (e.g., GitLab, Confluence)
• Ability to understand existing codebases, including interpreting software architecture, object-oriented design patterns, and system interactions.

Physical Requirements

May require working in an office, industrial, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.