Cyber Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman · Melbourne, FL
$87,200–$130,800from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Melbourne, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This on-site role in Melbourne, FL involves designing, deploying, and managing lab and network infrastructure to support classified software development environments at multiple security levels. Day-to-day work spans desktop virtualization, system administration, cybersecurity operations, and hardware-in-the-loop testing for avionics integration. It suits early-career engineers with a STEM background, an active Secret clearance, and an IAM Level II certification.
Mid level · 2+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · 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
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (9)
The job posting explicitly states this role is on-site, full-time at the Melbourne, FL campus with NO virtual or telecommute options. The caller's instruction to set remote=true has been overridden by the posting's own hard requirement — remote=false is the accurate representation of what the JD requires. The Melbourne, FL metro (Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL CBSA 34940) is retained.
A Secret clearance is a hard gate for start; the role also requires the ability to obtain a Special Access Program (SAP) clearance before a start date is established.
The DoD 8140 IAM Level II certification is explicitly required and must be current at time of hire.
Splunk, Nessus, and SolarWinds are listed together as examples of monitoring tools under Basic Qualifications. Splunk is named as the primary skill with the others as alternatives, since the JD treats them as a group rather than individually mandatory.
The role is contingent upon program award; no firm start date is established.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role blends cyber/information security (access controls, monitoring, security protocols) with systems/network administration (lab infrastructure, virtualization, desktop administration). 15-1212 was chosen as the primary due to the explicit cyber security framing and 8140 IAM certification requirement.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8140 IAM Level II.
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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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