Senior Staff Software Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity and Compliance
Maxar Technologies2 months ago
Westminster, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$128k - $187k/yr
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical authority for cybersecurity and compliance across software-intensive mission systems.
- Translate cybersecurity and compliance requirements into technical direction, system architecture, engineering priorities, and implementation plans.
- Integrate security requirements into software development, cloud infrastructure, operational processes, and system designs.
- Assess technical risks and compliance gaps and guide sustainable remediation strategies.
- Support security assessments, accreditation activities, and continuous compliance efforts.
- Partner with engineering, cybersecurity, program leadership, operations, and U.S. Government customers across classified and unclassified environments.
- Mentor engineers and promote secure systems engineering practices across multiple teams.
- Apply and evaluate AI-assisted engineering for compliance analysis, architecture reviews, requirements evaluation, documentation, and engineering workflows while maintaining security and data protection.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering principles to complex software-intensive systems in regulated or classified environments.
- Experience implementing or supporting cybersecurity compliance frameworks such as NIST, CMMC, or comparable government security standards.
- Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud technologies, cybersecurity principles, and secure software development practices.
- Experience translating security and compliance requirements into engineering solutions, system designs, and technical implementation plans.
- Active U.S. Government security clearance appropriate for the supported mission environment; applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
- Strong communication and technical leadership skills with the ability to influence engineering, security, and government customer teams.
- Preferred experience includes Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, National Security Space, or other regulated government environments.
- Preferred experience includes Risk Management Framework, NIST 800 standards, CMMC, DevSecOps, secure cloud architectures, continuous compliance, Model-Based Systems Engineering, or formal systems architecture methods.
- Relevant cybersecurity or cloud certifications such as CISSP, Security+, or AWS Security Specialty are preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package with a 401(k) and company match.
- Mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
- The position is incentive eligible, with the target determined by role scope and contribution.
- Limited travel may be required.
- The role supports classified and unclassified environments and requires an active U.S. Government security clearance.
- The application window is three days from posting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.
About Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies builds and operates commercial Earth‑observation satellites and sells high‑resolution imagery, 3D products, and geospatial analytics to government, defense, and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, the company was formed in 2017 from the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA and was acquired by Advent International in 2023; it supplies data for national security, mapping, and disaster response, and licenses imagery through subscription and platform APIs.