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Cyber Security Engineer

BAE Systems

Sterling, VAFull-time$150–254K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$150–254K/yr
Location
Sterling, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

BAE Systems seeks Cyber Security Engineers at junior through senior levels to support a classified Intelligence Community customer. The team designs, tests, and implements security controls and countermeasures, researches potential threats, and maintains security protocols for hardware, software, and networks. The role supports modernization of legacy infrastructure and applications in a national security mission.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cybersecurity Technical ExpertiseContinuous MonitoringIncident Response PlanningLog AnalysisShared Network SecurityUser Access ManagementSystem AuthorizationSplunk Core UserSecDevOpsSplunkSplunk Core Power UserPythonShell ScriptingAnsibleCloud SecurityAWSMicrosoft AzureAWS Security Specialty

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

At BAE Systems, we believe your career should be filled with innovation and discovery. And that's exactly what you'll find here. Join us as our team develops, maintains, and protects the latest technology that directly aids in the defense of national security.

As part of our team, you ll be joining a diverse group of driven professionals who are modernizing legacy infrastructure and applications as part of a no fail mission, all the while protecting systems with the most-current cybersecurity practices. With us, you ll be able to make an impact while you hone your skills and grow in your career.

We are looking for Cyber Security Engineers of all levels (junior to senior) to add their skills to our team supporting a classified customer in the Intelligence Community. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, testing, and implementing security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate systems. The team must research efforts that do or may compromise systems security and design countermeasures, while maintaining hardware, software, and network firewall and encryption protocols. This is an exciting and dynamic job opportunity where you ll not only work on an important project, but help advance the U.S mission to protect our Nation and partners.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Bachelor's or Master s Degree(s)

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree(s)

  • Experience providing cyber security technical expertise to customers

  • Experience performing continuous monitoring for anomalous activity

  • Experience drafting and coordinating IT System Cyber Security & Incident Response Plans

  • Experience analyzing log data from various network components and operating systems

  • Knowledge of complex environments involving shared networks and multiple security enclaves

  • Experience managing user permissions and access rights

  • Experience tracking and obtaining formal authorizations for systems

  • Splunk CORE User certification

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Security Development and Operations (SecDevOps)

  • Hands on Splunk Experience and Certifications

  • Splunk CORE Power User certification - or ability to obtain three months after starting

  • Scripting tools to include Pyton, ShellScript or Ansible

  • Cloud security controls and implementation

  • Public, private and hybrid Cloud experience (AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.)

  • AWS Certified Security Specialty

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Cyber Security Engineer

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,765 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–254K/yr
  • Virginia median$122–198K/yr149 salary ranges
  • US median$120–198K/yr1,409 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $202K, is 28% above the Virginia median midpoint ($158K) — in the top quarter of Cybersecurity Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 197 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Virginia and 1,765 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
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 (1,635 postings).
Education
563 of the 1,765 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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