# Senior Principal Cyber Engineer

SAIC is seeking a highly experienced Senior Principal Cyber Engineer to provide technical leadership across cybersecurity engineering, systems security architecture, Zero Trust implementation, RMF compliance, infrastructure security, and enterprise cyber operations supporting U.S. Navy and Department of Defense customers. The successful candidate will serve as a senior cybersecurity subject matter expert responsible for developing, implementing, and sustaining secure enterprise environments while supporting strategic cybersecurity initiatives, technical modernization efforts, and risk management activities. *THIS ROLE IS A HYBRID ROLE IN SAN DIEGO, CA. MUST BE LOCAL TO AREA. REQUIRES UP TO 20% OF TRAVEL* JOB DUTIES: Lead cybersecurity engineering activities supporting enterprise networks, systems, applications, and cybersecurity infrastructure. Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity architectures aligned with RMF, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust, and DoD cybersecurity requirements. Conduct cybersecurity assessments, vulnerability analyses, risk evaluations, and security control implementation activities. Support accreditation and authorization activities including RMF packages, asse

- **Id**: 3990689
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/saic-senior-principal-cyber-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:53:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T11:41:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3699
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, Information Security, Systems Integrators, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 58788
- **Name**: SAIC
- **Domain**: saic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/saic>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 77
- **Open postings**: 77
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.909
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Nessus** — Optional: no
- **NIST 800-53** — Optional: no
- **PKI** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **Splunk** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **VPN** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T23:18:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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