Cyber Software Engineer Staff at Lockheed Martin
King of Prussia, PA
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Jul 10, 2026
King of Prussia, PA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior cybersecurity systems engineering role focused on designing, hardening, and sustaining secure mission systems in both domestic and overseas environments. Day-to-day work spans secure architecture, system accreditation, vulnerability management, and integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Ansible and container platforms. The role suits an experienced engineer comfortable bridging technical security work with cross-functional stakeholders across DoD-oriented programs.
Senior level · 9+ years · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,475 (middle half $101,473–$166,676).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (12)
The title 'Cyber Security Systems Engineer' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 9+ year minimum and breadth of scope firmly support a Senior classification.
A Bachelor's degree is listed under Basic Qualifications but the posting explicitly states 'equivalent experience may be considered,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
The clearance gate is stated as 'ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance' — candidates need not hold one on day one, but must be eligible (US Citizen required).
Linux and Windows are listed together as an 'and/or' requirement; Linux is named first and Windows is captured as an alternative.
Ansible is explicitly called out by name under Basic Qualifications; broader 'deployment automation' familiarity is subsumed by it.
Vulnerability scanning tools are required but no specific product is named in the required section; ArcSight is named only under Desired Skills as a SIEM tool.
Kubernetes and OpenShift appear together under Desired Skills as containerization technologies and are treated as interchangeable alternatives.
CISSP and CAP are listed as examples of DoD 8570 IAT Level II certifications under Desired Skills.
The role is hybrid (3 days onsite in King of Prussia, PA), so remote is set to false.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role blends systems engineering and cybersecurity analysis; 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) best fits the primary focus on hardening, accreditation, vulnerability management, and security controls, but 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a plausible runner-up given the systems engineering framing.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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