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Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer - Philadelphia

General Dynamics Electric Boat

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Location
Philadelphia, PA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

The Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer serves as a control systems security consultant for electric and propulsion plant test programs. The role supports continuous monitoring and enforcement of security risk assessments, develops processes and training, and helps ensure cybersecurity requirements are implemented and validated. Work includes equipment research, project and risk management, customer meetings, system analysis, security control planning, certification, and review of vendor software deliverables.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Risk Management FrameworkIT TroubleshootingAdvanced NetworkingFirewallsGroup PolicyAuditingNIST 800-53 Security ControlsSubmarine Service

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity1+ Years Post-Graduate Engineering ExperienceSecret Clearance EligibilityMaster's in Engineering or Equivalent Technical DegreeActive Secret ClearanceCISSP or Equivalent Certification

Full job description

Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer - Philadelphia Requisition ID 2026-18489 Location US-PA-Philadelphia Seat Location Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Trade Engineering Shift 1st Security Clearance Required Secret Overview Department 425, Electrical System Software and Cybersecurity - Shipboard Cybersecurity team, is seeking a Control Systems Security Engineer. The primary responsibility of this position is to serve as a control system security consultant for the electric and propulsion plant for COLUMBIA Class test programs. This position is located at our Philadelphia, PA site. Our team members exemplify Electric Boat's core values: 1. Value each other 2. Behave with integrity and purpose 3. Commit to excellence Experience and Knowledge The role of the control systems security engineer is to support continuous monitoring and enforcement of control systems security risk assessments. This includes following and writing processes for continuous improvement and operation. This also includes writing and providing training to enforce control systems security compliance. The objective is to ensure that cybersecurity requirements are implemented and validated and track requirements that are not being met. Related responsibilities include equipment research, project management, risk management, preparing presentations, and participating in customer meetings. Control System Security Engineers on our team typically perform the following types of work: 1. Troubleshooting various pieces of shipboard and prototypic equipment 2. Training of operations, test, and engineering personnel on control systems security and IT component access 3. Work in close collaboration with component engineers to resolve control systems security discrepancies and IT system issues 4. DoD/DoN platform information technology system analysis, development of security control implementation plans, system certification and continuous monitoring 5. Design, implementation, operation and maintenance of sensitive unclassified and classified computing systems in accordance with NAVSEA processes 6. Review of equipment vendor software deliverables to evaluate compliance with cybersecurity requirements Qualifications Required: 1. Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity 2. 1-4 years of post-graduate system engineering and/or engineering experience 3. Experience with risk management framework (RMF) 4. Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance through the Department of Defense Preferred: 1. Master's degree in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree 2. Active Secret security clearance 3. 1+ years of IT troubleshooting including advanced networking, firewalls, group policy, and auditing 4. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or equivalent certification 5. Understanding of NIST 800-53 security controls 6. US Navy submarine service 7. Experience in security of control systems Environmental Attributes Inside Join our talent pools, get job alerts, and see EB news We can recommend jobs specifically for you!Click here to get started. General Dynamics Electric Boat is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer.It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants withoutregard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status or genetic information.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,707 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Pennsylvania median$119–198K/yr49 salary ranges
  • US median$59–69/hr32 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 72 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 1,707 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Cybersecurity Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,593 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 668 of the 1,707 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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