Classified Cybersecurity Analyst - Top Secret at Northrop Grumman
Dulles, VA
$91,800–$137,600from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Dulles, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site cybersecurity analyst role focused on the security lifecycle of classified information systems. Day-to-day work centers on continuous monitoring, security control assessments, Risk Management Framework documentation, and supporting Assessment and Authorization activities including formal Security Test and Evaluation. Suits candidates with a government Top Secret clearance and an IAM-level certification such as Security+.
Junior level · Remote · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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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 (8)
The job posting explicitly states this role is on-site, full-time at Dulles, VA, with no virtual or telecommute options. The caller has overridden this to remote=true and no metro; the extracted location data reflects that instruction, not the posting.
The clearance gate in the posting is Top Secret (active TS required to be considered). TS/SCI is listed only under Preferred Qualifications ('Top Secret with SCI access'), so the clearance requirement is set to TopSecret rather than TopSecretSci.
The degree requirement accepts multiple substitutions (Master's + 0 yrs, Bachelor's + 2 yrs, Associate's + 4 yrs, or HS diploma + 6 yrs), so no single minimum degree is hard-gated; degree requirement is set to None and the overall years minimum reflects the lowest-bar path (0 years with a Master's).
The DoD 8140/8570 IAM Level I certification is a hard gate; Security+, CND, and Cloud+ are listed as examples of qualifying certifications and are captured as alternatives.
Security frameworks (NIST, JSIG, DAAG, SSPs, POA&Ms, SCTMs) and security tools (ACAS, Nessus, Splunk, Trellix, SCAP) all appear under Preferred Qualifications. DAAG, SSPs, POA&Ms, and SCTMs are documentation types rather than named tools and are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
The seniority band is Junior: the minimum qualifying path requires zero years of experience (Master's degree), and even the highest-bar path (HS diploma) requires only 6 years. The role's responsibilities are analyst-level execution tasks without ownership of a component or program, consistent with an entry-to-junior level position.
Requires a Top 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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