CareerPlan

Systems Development Engineer, US ADC Security

Herndon, Virginia, United StatesFull-time$129k–$175k2026-09-02 → 2026-11-11
No visa sponsorshipCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Design, build, and integrate security automation and tooling for a classified AI Factory on a fully air-gapped platform.

Role type

Senior IC systems security development engineer

Builds

Security automation, hardening, log pipelines, and security tool integration for an air-gapped platform

Domain

US Government classified AI / Air-gapped infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Systems engineering fundamentals, Linux systems administration, Infrastructure-as-code, Security tool integration, Kubernetes, Scripting (Python, Bash), Configuration management

Preferred skills

Air-gapped environment experience, STIG application, CIS benchmarks, Multi-vendor COTS integration, Security certifications

Technologies

Ansible, Terraform, Python, Bash, Kubernetes, ONTAP, NVIDIA, Cisco, Thales

Responsibilities

Engineer security automation for platform hardening and configuration enforcement; Build and maintain log pipelines for air-gapped SIEM; Integrate security tooling into the platform stack; Develop infrastructure-as-code for security components; Support security control implementation and evidence generation; Partner with platform engineering on identity and secrets management

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC