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McBride lists this Principal Cybersecurity Engineer opportunity in lincoln, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Hanscom Afb, United States | Posted on 09/21/2026
McBride is a certified Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) management and IT consulting firm with significant professional services experience that includes IT transformation, project management, digital transformation, strategic planning, business process improvement, change management, human capital management, disaster recovery, and operations.
Job Description
McBride Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Ground Base Air Defense Sensor division (AFLCMC/ESG).
The ESG Division manages efforts focused on developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining programs that support worldwide communications, Battle Management, Command & Control, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C2ISR), Air/Ground Surveillance, Time Critical Targeting, Combat Identification, Radar Imagery, Integrated Air/Missile Defense, and Mobile/Fixed C2ISR Performance, Exploitation & Dissemination Facilities.
This is a full-time position located at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.
Duties include, but not limited to:
Cybersecurity & RMF Support
Lead development and review of system security documentation including System Security Management Plans, Program Protection Plans, Security Risk Analyses, OPSEC Plans, and security CONOPS in accordance with DoDI , DoDI , MIL-STD-1785, and the Adaptive Acquisition Framework
Support system and application Authorization & Accreditation (A&A) activities under the Risk Management Framework (RMF), ensuring completeness, quality, and compliance of all artifacts
Manage RMF implementation activities including ATO/ATC, reciprocity, and ongoing continuous monitoring
Administer and manage eMASS system packages
System, Network & Infrastructure Security
Provide technical leadership in network and system architecture design with an emphasis on cybersecurity, including DoD and joint networking environments
Support cross-domain solutions (CDS), Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC), and NSA approval processes
Assess and mitigate system, network, and application vulnerabilities, including ACAS scanning and STIG implementation
Recommend security configurations, software changes, and compensating controls to mitigate risk
Risk, Compliance & Policy
Conduct cybersecurity risk and vulnerability assessments across planned and fielded systems
Develop risk-based mitigation strategies and advise leadership on security tradeoffs impacting mission execution
Recommend and update cybersecurity policies, procedures, and contingency plans, including disaster recovery
Support waivers and deviations for mandated security controls when required to meet mission performance needs
Program Security & Classified Information Support
Provide acquisition program security support throughout the system lifecycle, including source selections
Maintain and audit classified information databases, visit records, clearance tracking, and classified holdings
Evaluate contractor classified data submissions for compliance with System Security Classification Guides (SSCGs)
Update security classification guides and prepare acquisition security documentation
Advise government leadership on cybersecurity design, implementation, and compliance
Collaborate with government and commercial stakeholders to achieve RMF authorization approvals
Develop and deliver cybersecurity awareness and training programs
Requirements
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Minimum Required Qualifications
Clearance : Must have a be able to maintain a Top Secret Level Clearance
Education: BS/BA Degree
Years of Experience: 20 years of directly related experience, 10 years of which must be in the DoD
Risk Management Framework (RMF), with emphasis on taking projects from Step 1 to Step 5
Vulnerability Management, Tenable Nessus (ACAS-DoD version of Nessus)
STIGs
CISSP Certification
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Cross Domain Solutions and USAF CDS-E
Supply Chain Security
NIAP
DoD Policies for Procedures for Cybersecurity
Network Security
NSA Type 1 encryption
Working with a CSSP - 16th AF
Additional Information:
Location: Hanscom Air Force Base
Onsite
401(k)
Dentalinsurance
Healthinsurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Referralprogram
Our people and culture
McBride is an Equal Opportunity Employer. McBride Consulting does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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Worksite address
lincoln, MA, 01773, US
Who can apply
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