Product Security Engineer (Mid-level or Senior)

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) is seeking an Experienced Product Security Engineer to support the P-8A program in Richardson, TX .

The candidate will join a team supporting product cybersecurity efforts across multiple systems and labs for both training and development efforts. The BDS Product Security Engineering team is responsible for the cybersecurity and resiliency of Boeing products and services, bridging the gap between high level security policies/requirements and technical/operational implementation of those requirements. The work is multi-disciplinary and includes activities in cyber and systems security analysis, engineering, test, and vulnerability assessments and mitigation.

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. By joining our team, you will become an integral part of an organization that deeply values teamwork, fosters creativity, and upholds the highest standards of engineering technical excellence to ensure our products are secure. Contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. Find your future with us!

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and sustain product security and resiliency throughout the full lifecycle: requirements, design, build, test, production, operations, and support.

• Analyze customer and regulatory information system security requirements and decompose them into system security design specifications and verifiable requirements.

• Develop and enhance system requirements and architectures to ensure product security meets all applicable certifications and customer requirements.

• Interface directly with customers, lead engineers, suppliers, and government stakeholders to ensure security requirements are designed into products and evaluated for effectiveness; advise customers on maintaining product security and certification, including the security impacts of product or service modifications.

• Define and identify product security requirements for suppliers of components and subsystems and coordinate their integration into Boeing products and services.

• Work in classified environments to evaluate computing systems, products, and platforms for conformance, generating and analyzing cybersecurity data to support program and customer needs.

• Research, collect, interpret, test, and analyze technical data to support the integration of security and resiliency into products and services across the lifecycle, optimizing security effectiveness in projected operational environments.

• Perform and support product security risk, attack-surface, and vulnerability analyses, and conduct security audits of applications and application stacks of various provenances.

• Analyze, triage, aggregate, escalate, and report relevant product security, anti-tamper, and telemetry/data sources for attack indicators and potential security breaches; correlate findings and perform trend analysis.

• Analyze malware and attacker tactics to improve detection capabilities and inform mitigations. Coordinate and support incident response activities and provide technical analysis to inform containment and remediation.

• Make mitigation recommendations and, where authorized, execute mitigations and coordinate implementation with engineering and program teams.

• Perform software assurance assessments to verify the security pedigree of software solutions and related development activities.

• Ensure security of facilities, equipment, tools, data, networks, and resources used across product design, development, build, test, storage, delivery, operations, and support.

• Provide ISSO and IT administrators with system security expertise to assist in gathering/securing data to support incident investigation and response; assist ISSO in monitoring, interpreting, and reacting to security device outputs.

• Create and maintain documentation in support of authorization/accreditation packages; deploy and enforce security policies, standards, and guidance.

• Develop, maintain, and improve planning, organization, implementation, and monitoring of requirements management processes to ensure traceability and compliance.

• Conduct R&D and analysis activities as needed to produce innovative security solutions and improve industry/regulatory security standards and program requirements.

• Train, mentor, and provide technical leadership to junior staff members.

• Work under minimal direction, exercise sound judgment and technical initiative, and effectively communicate technical findings and recommendations in reports and briefings to technical peers and leadership.

• Willingness to travel 25% to client site.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite at the Richardson, TX office location.

Pre-Hire:

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) with Polygraph Security Clearance (US Citizenship Required). ( A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active.)

Post-Hire:

This position requires the ability to obtain and retain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement.

• 5+ years of product security experience.

• CompTIA Security+ certification.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III Certification (e.g., CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP); and IASAE Level II (e.g., CASP+ CE, CISSP (or Associate), CSSLP)

• 5 or more years' experience with the implementation of security controls IAW DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF).

• 5 or more years' experience with common DoD vulnerability and compliance assessment tools (e.g., SCAP, STIGs, ACAS) and processes.

• 5 or more years' experience in security control test plan development and execution.

• Experience with software development tools, such as, DOORS, ClearCase, GitLab, Jira, Coverity, etc.

• Experience with developing Threat Modeling, Attack Profiles, Threat and Risk Assessments on aircraft platforms and weapon systems.

• Experience with evaluating and refining customer security requirements.

• Experience working with multiple technologies such as RHEL 8 and above, and/or CISCO IOS/NXOS, and/or Windows server 2019 and above, and/or Windows 10 or newer.

• Experience with multiple scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ansible, etc.)

• Experience creating system security implementation solutions against customer requirements.

• Experience with installation and configuration of Splunk Enterprise; to include creation of Apps and Dashboards to audit analysis specifications.

• Experience in Group Policy Management and implementation.

• Experience with Agile development within a DevSecOps environment.

Typical Education:

Level 3: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Level 4: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience or non-US equivalent qualifications. In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift:

This position is for 1st shift.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Typical Summary Pay Ranges:

Level 3: $137,700 - $186,300

Level 4: $173,400 - $234,600

Applications for this position will be accepted until Jun. 11, 2026

Export Control Requirements:

This is not an Export Control position.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.