Cybersecurity Engineer at McBride
Hanscom Afb, MA
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Aug 6, 2026
Hanscom Afb, MA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-time, on-site cybersecurity engineering role supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom AFB, MA. The position centers on RMF Authorization and Accreditation activities, security documentation development, vulnerability assessments, and integrating cybersecurity requirements into DoD system design and operations. Suited to an experienced security professional with a DoD background and familiarity with STIG compliance, PKI, and classified material handling.
Senior level · 7+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · 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 $139,553 (middle half $110,917–$180,330).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The posting's 'Minimum Required Qualifications' section gates only on US citizenship and an active Secret clearance — no degree or years of experience are listed as hard minimums. The 7-year experience figure and Bachelor's degree appear under 'Preferred Qualifications', so the degree requirement is set to None and the overall years minimum reflects the preferred 7-year figure as the closest proxy for expected experience.
All technical skills (STIG compliance, RMF, PKI, DoD cloud security, A&A processes) appear under a 'Technical Skills' heading that reads as descriptive context rather than a gated requirements block, and the education/certification items appear explicitly under 'Preferred Qualifications'. They are therefore marked as preferred rather than required, with the exception of RMF, STIG, and PKI which are central to the described day-to-day duties.
The alt SOC (15-1299) reflects that the role blends security analysis with systems engineering and security documentation work typical of DoD program offices, which doesn't map perfectly to a pure Information Security Analyst profile.
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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