Cyber Systems Security Engineering Sr Stf - E5
Littleton, COFull-time$167–310K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Cyber Security Engineer/ISSE leads cyber execution on a classified program, coordinating with engineering teams in an Agile environment and collaborating with operations, development, deployment, systems engineering, government personnel, customers, subcontractors, and geographically dispersed teammates. The role focuses on platform/space-vehicle and cryptographic domains, with knowledge and prior experience in these areas described as essential.
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Standard Job Description
Responsible for applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, validate and verify cyber solutions across the lifecycle. Conduct cyber‑risk assessment activities, including threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and analysis of mitigation solutions. Coordinate and address supply‑chain risk‑management concerns. Develop, evaluate, and analyze design constraints, trade‑offs, and detailed system and security designs as they pertain to the cyber domain. Work with cyber and system architects and developers to provide oversight in solution development. Conduct cybersecurity test and evaluation of hardware and/or software designs to verify and validate compliance with defined specifications and requirements. Employ cyber‑security processes, methods, techniques, and tools and ensure their consistent application. Implement appropriate Assessment and Authorization activities as required by customers. Use of this classification requires authorization from the Business Area Cyber Director or delegate.
This position is for a Cyber Security Engineer/ISSE to lead cyber execution on one of our classified programs. In this role you will coordinate with multiple engineering teams across the program in an Agile environment. You will interface with Operations, Development, Deployment, and Systems Engineering teams, and help derive innovative solutions to complex technical problems to provide our customers with a secure system and new capabilities. You will also collaborate cross‑functionally with government personnel, customer partners, subcontractors, local engineers, and geographically dispersed teammates.
The position is focused on platform/space‑vehicle and cryptographic domains, so knowledge and prior experience in these areas are essential.
Key responsibilities include:
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Security design and architecture
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STIG hardening guidance
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Security test definition and execution
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Security tool design and system‑integration support; POA&M planning and execution
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EVSS administration, system vulnerability audit, analysis, compliance, and remediation
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Body of Evidence (BoE) definition for customer assets driven by change requests
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Demonstration Test Plan (DTP) definition and execution
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System change‑request and software‑build technical investigations
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Review of new and upgraded COTS/GOTS software and security‑risk assessment
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Daily system audit analysis and log review
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IATT/CONOPS definitions and approvals
Basic Qualifications
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DoD 8140 experience
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Experience with identification and implementation of cyber requirements using Risk Management Framework methodologies
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Experience with DoD cybersecurity requirements, policies, and procedures.
Desired Skills
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Engineering and/or experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps tools (Ansible, Packer, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCDExperience with Software Assurance (SBOMs, Static Code Analysis)
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Experience with Zero Trust Architecture to support DoD Mandates
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Ability to review and provide input to system requirements based on existing cybersecurity posture
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Ability to Develop specialized cyber software solutions and tools based on mission requirements.
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Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $166900.00 - $309900.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
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Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
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For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,754 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$167–310K/yr
- Colorado median$116–182K/yr100 salary ranges
- US median$122–200K/yr1,391 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $238K, is 67% above the Colorado median midpoint ($142K) — in the top quarter of Cybersecurity Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 117 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Colorado and 1,754 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Booz Allen Hamilton14 open
- Allyon, Inc.8 open
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- Experience
- Cybersecurity Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (1,620 postings).
- Education
- 515 of the 1,754 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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