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:

Value each other

Behave with integrity and purpose

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:

Troubleshooting various pieces of shipboard and prototypic equipment

Training of operations, test, and engineering personnel on control systems security and IT component access

Work in close collaboration with component engineers to resolve control systems security discrepancies and IT system issues

DoD/DoN platform information technology system analysis, development of security control implementation plans, system certification and continuous monitoring

Design, implementation, operation and maintenance of sensitive unclassified and classified computing systems in accordance with NAVSEA processes

Review of equipment vendor software deliverables to evaluate compliance with cybersecurity requirements

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity

1-4 years of post-graduate system engineering and/or engineering experience

Experience with risk management framework (RMF)

Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance through the Department of Defense

Preferred:

Master's degree in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree

Active Secret security clearance

1+ years of IT troubleshooting including advanced networking, firewalls, group policy, and auditing

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or equivalent certification

Understanding of NIST 800-53 security controls

US Navy submarine service

Experience in security of control systems

Environmental Attributes

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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.

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Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer - Philadelphia