Cybersecurity Engineer - Senior Level at SimVentions, Inc
Dahlgren, VA
$125,000–$195,000
Jul 26, 2026
Dahlgren, VA
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior cybersecurity engineering role supporting Navy combat systems at NSWC Dahlgren, requiring an active Top Secret/SCI clearance. Day-to-day work centers on developing cybersecurity requirements, conducting threat and gap analysis, producing risk assessments and mitigation plans, and leading working groups on emerging cyber threats — all within DoD policy frameworks. Best suited to experienced security engineers with a background in Navy afloat or tactical combat systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $125,000–$195,000
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The experience requirement is tiered: 5 years of program-specific security engineering with Navy afloat/tactical combat systems, OR 10 years of general security engineering experience. The overall years minimum is set to the lower bound of 5 years.
A Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity is listed as preferred, not required — the degree requirement is set to None accordingly.
The role is 100% on-site at NSWC Dahlgren, VA. The nearest major CBSA is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (47900); Dahlgren itself falls within the broader Northern Virginia/DC metro labor market.
An active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is a hard gate for this position.
DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II certification (or higher) is explicitly required. Privileged User requirements (T-5/T-R adjudication, IT Level-1 in JPAS, OS/CE training) are conditional on the specific role assignment, not a universal gate.
MBSE appears only in the responsibilities section as a tool that may be used ('Develop or use MBSE models'), not as a stated requirement or qualification.
Ignored 7 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): cybersecurity requirements development, cyber threat analysis, cybersecurity systems architecture, cybersecurity policy development, DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II, Navy afloat/tactical combat systems, risk assessment and mitigation.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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