# Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth. With Pulsar - the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit - Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection. Xona Space is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to lead the development and implementation of our cybersecurity and compliance programs. This role will play a key part in strengthening our security infrastructure and preparing the company for CMMC certification. Working across IT, engineering, operations, and company leadership, you will take a hands-on approach to assessing security risks, implementing technical solutions, and establishing scalable security practices. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, experience in regulated environments, and the ability to balance security requirements with the needs of a growing organization. What You'll Be Doing Lead cybersecurity strategy and implementation. Assess our security posture, identify risks and gaps, establish priorities, and develop a roadmap

- **Id**: 4056539
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xona-space-systems-senior-cybersecurity-engineer>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Burlingame, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T01:51:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T05:22:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4810
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Information Security, Satellite Navigation, Satellite Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 685097
- **Name**: Xona Space Systems
- **Domain**: xonaspace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xonaspace>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 93
- **Open postings**: 50
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.08
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 84
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 210000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 210000

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CMMC** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T05:22:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 84
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 210000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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