NASA Space Systems Security Analyst

Job ID: 2601695

Location: FAIRMONT, WV, US

Date Posted: 2026-02-24

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a Space Systems Security Analyst to support our NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) customer in Fairmont, West Virginia. The candidate will support the Cross-Cutting Vulnerability Investigations (CCVI) project as part of the NASA IV&V Program's Mission Protection Services (MPS) Team. This role is full-time and is performed onsite at NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, WV.

SAIC is seeking a Space Systems Security Analyst to support our NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) customer in Fairmont, West Virginia. The candidate will support the Cross-Cutting Vulnerability Investigations (CCVI) project as part of the NASA IV&V Program's Mission Protection Services (MPS) Team. This role is full-time and is performed onsite at NASA's Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, WV.

Job Description:

• Working with System, Software, and Security/Cyber Engineers to perform Vulnerability Analysis of spacecraft components
• Developing analysis approaches and test cases to exercise suspected behaviors
• Developing Models and Simulations of spacecraft HW/SW/data interfaces using C/C++, Java, Python or similar object-oriented languages/scripts
• Developing unit and integration level tests for models and simulation environments
• Maintaining/Modifying models and simulations from other developers
• The candidate will work with more senior MPS team members and will perform a variety of individual contributor and team-based tasks.

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelors and 0 years related experience

Desired Education:

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, or other relevant field

Required Experience:

• Ability to develop analysis approaches and test cases to exercise suspected behaviors

• Ability to read and analyze C/C++, Java or similar object-oriented languages

• Experience using Python or similar object-oriented scripting languages

• Active TS/SCI or have ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

• Excellence in these general workplace skills:
  
  • Communication Skills - verbal, written, and presentation skills.
  • Computer Skills - Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Soft Skills - professionalism, strong work ethic, creativity, curiosity, problem solving, and critical thinking
  • Ability to work on own tasks and manage own progress, while also able to work in team environments and under the direction/supervision of task leads

• Experience in one or more of the following fields would be a plus:
  
  • Experience developing models and simulations of spacecraft HW/SW/data interfaces
  • Experience developing unit and integration level tests for models and simulation environments
  • One or more of the following exercised skillsets: automation, test case generation, data processing, secure coding, modeling, abstraction, and ethical hacking
  • Vulnerability Identification
  • Threat and Risk Assessment - NIST CMF, NIST RMF
  • Threat Modeling - STRIDE, DREAD
  • Familiarity with common threat methods and TTPs - MITRE ATT&CK, SPARTA Frameworks

• Experience with Space Domain including:
  
  • Spacecraft concept of operations
  • Space Flight and Ground systems and software architectures
  • Knowledge of Space systems avionics
  • Space data standards knowledge (e.g. CCSDS, C2MS, XTCE)

Desired Experience:

• NASA experience is a plus

Clearance:

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• Dice Id: 10111346
• Position Id: 2601695
• Posted 11 hours ago