Cybersecurity Engineer

Date: Oct 14, 2025

Location: Wright-Patterson Air Force Bas, Ohio, United States

Company: HII's Mission Technologies division

Requisition Number: 25817

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $61,461.00 - $78,105.00

Security Clearance: Secret

Level of Experience: College

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS) , a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.

HII works within our nation’s intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity, network architecture, reverse engineering, software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.

Meet HII’s Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that’s right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

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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.

The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, HII's Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function and a candidate's education or training, work experience, and key skills.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #3 for HII Mission Technologies.