Information Security Engineer

Maxar Technologies
paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Virginia, Herndon
2325 Dulles Corner Boulevard (Show on map)
May 30, 2025
Please review the job details below. Maxar's Engineering Security team is looking to add an Information Security Engineer to harden and defend our systems against continuous security threats. We are a growing security team that implements engineering design and security best practices under regulated frameworks (NIST, ISO27001, CIS). This role will require you to work collaboratively across multiple functional engineering teams managing the services, operations, reliability, and performance of Maxar applications. Life with Us Project: We are a multi-faceted team of cyber and compliance engineers working towards setting engineering and security best practices for Maxar software organizations. This role will require you to work collaboratively across multiple functional engineering teams to perform technical planning, coordination, and execution of cyber requirements against multiple product lines. Your Career: We're very serious about professional development and continuing education. We offer everyone the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has some amazing resources at its disposal specifically for this purpose. You will work with your direct supervisor and/or a mentor to set appropriate goals and design a plan to help you make consistent progress. We offer: Dedicated professional development time. Peer groups. Education reimbursement. Student loan forgiveness. and much more... Key Responsibilities: Align security work to product roadmaps and ensure security readiness towards products in your domain. Contribute to vulnerability management function Assess product technologies and provide input on architecture and designs to better align with security best practices and regulated standards. Define security related system specification requirements against industry standards. Inventory and organize hardware and software data to inform operational decisions or activities. Supporting audit activities of systems and software for government approval. Help Identify, define and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to supporting engineering teams Contribute to the execution of company's information security strategy, planning, and development. Help educate and train staff on information system security best practices. Minimum Requirements: Ability to obtain a USG Security Clearancebased on needs of product you are supporting Bachelor's degree + 4 years of additional, relevant experience; or security industry certification at IAT Level 3. Significant experience operating within Cloud Based architecture environments Experience with Regulated Security Frameworks: NIST 800-171, NIST800-53, ISO27001, SOC2, CMMC Create/Design Infrastructure as Code architectures utilizing security best practices (CIS, NIST, or similar) Experience assessing technology against regulated frameworks Strong organizational and communication skills for cross collaboration Excellent verbal and written communication skills across a geographically diverse team. Preferred Skills: Understanding of how remote worker hardware and software needs differ from customer site needs. Experience working with the following Experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes, or similar technologies or teams working with: Linux operating systems AWS Services such as: VPC, EC2, EBS, RDS Experience building, integrating, and managing day to day cloud agnostic tools such as: secrets manager, security testing, terraform Experience with integrating products from another Enterprise area Experience and support ATO efforts through producing artifacts, deconstructing infrastructure environments, improving infrastructure environments for the systems to be accreditable. Experience with Continuous Monitoring of applications In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range. * The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $98,000.00 - $164,000.00 annually. * The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $108,000.00 - $180,000.00 annually. * The base pay for this position within California is: $113,000.00 - $189,000.00 annually. For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions. The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. The date of posting can be found on Maxar's Career page at the top of each job posting. To apply, submit your application via Maxar's Career page. Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.