Cyber Security Engineer - Entry Level

  • Lockheed Martin
  • Boulder, Colorado
  • Full Time
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Are you ready to further your career in Cyber Security by working for one of the top companies in the world?

This position is for a Cyber Security Engineer on the Next Generation GEO (NGG) program based in Boulder, but also supported in Longmont CO. The selected candidate will be part of a dynamic Cyber engineering team that designs, develops, documents, tests, and maintains full spectrum cyber solutions.

As a Cyber Security Engineer supporting the NGG program, your responsibilities will include:

Conducting cyber risk assessment activities, vulnerability analysis, and analysis of mitigation solutions.
Developing, evaluating, and analyzing design constraints, trade-offs, and detailed system and security designs.
Implementing appropriate Assessment and Authorization activities as required by customers.
Prepare ATO, ATC, IATT packages for input into eMASS.

Specific technical responsibilities include:

Assessing and driving mitigation efforts of system security threats/risks throughout the program lifecycle for the Space Vehicles and Ground system.
Implementation of security policies and or configurations to meet Risk Management Framework (RMF) objectives.
Interacting significantly with other engineering disciplines to implement security designs, resolve vulnerabilities, modify system or software components security settings, and mitigate risk.
Performing System Engineering activities to manage Cyber requirements for tracking until closure.1. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent mix of education, training, and experience in a comparable technical field.
2. DOD 8570 Experience.
3. Experience with Authorization and Accreditation processes using Risk Management Framework methodologies.
4. Experience with DoD cybersecurity requirements, policies, and procedures.1. Experience performing cybersecurity accreditation activities in support of software and system requirements, design, development, testing, and sustainment of approvals - Authority To Operate
2. Experience with NetBrain, Zenoss and Hewlett Packard Network Automation (HPNA)
3. Familiar with eMASS, HBSS, ACAS, SCAP Compliance Checker (SCC), DISA STIGs
4. Experience with Secure Configuration/Hardening of DoD Information Systems
5. Experience with Intel Driven Threat Modeling, preferably classified Cyber Threat Intel Support
6. Experience briefing complex cyber security principles to all levels of knowledge and skill
7. Experience briefing high level customer stakeholders with cyber security concerns and remediation tactics
8. Knowledge of NIST 800-53
9. Experience with RHEL and Windows Server/Professional
10. Experience with SIEM and cloud technologies including LogRhythm, Splunk, Jira, and Confluence
11. DoD 8570 IAT II Certification
12. Ability to provide guidance on DoD Cyber regulations and requirements to engineering and software development staff
13. Experience with responding to cyber incidents from detection through remediation.
14. Intuitive and proactive self-starter thats accountable and mission focused.

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Job ID: 522702305
Originally Posted on: 5/28/2026

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