Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer – Philadelphia
General Dynamics Electric Boat
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- Philadelphia, PA
- Posted
- Oct 27
- Today
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About the company
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Defense & space · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Support continuous monitoring and enforcement of control systems security risk assessments
- Write processes for continuous improvement and operation
- Write and provide training to enforce control systems security compliance
- Troubleshoot shipboard and prototypic equipment
- Train operations, test, and engineering personnel on control systems security and IT component access
- Collaborate with component engineers to resolve security discrepancies and IT system issues
- Review equipment vendor software deliverables for cybersecurity compliance
What you need
- 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
- 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
- Education: a bachelor's degree or a postgraduate degree
Key skills
Risk management frameworkIT troubleshootingAdvanced networkingFirewallsGroup policyAuditingNIST 800-53 security controlsSystems EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringIT Cybersecurity
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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
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