Cybersecurity Engineer – Aviation Data Transfer and Emerging Capabilities

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County headquartered in Huntsville AL. Our team provides superior research development and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nations top 100 defense companies the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: Lighting the Pathway of Freedom. And as a Certified Evergreen ESOP we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies is seeking a skilled Cybersecurity Engineer to support the protection of an aviation data transfer ecosystem by ensuring modern software and integration capabilities are developed deployed and sustained with strong cybersecurity rigor.

As a Cybersecurity Engineer your duties will include the following but are not limited to:

• Define and implement cybersecurity requirements for aviation data transfer applications services middleware and supporting infrastructure.

• Assess software designs and interfaces for confidentiality integrity availability and resilience concerns across data exchange workflows.

• Support secure implementation of transfer protocols API protections identity and access controls encryption secrets handling and logging.

• Perform security reviews of application code architecture configurations and deployment patterns.

• Assist with vulnerability identification remediation planning POA&M support and verification of corrective actions.

• Support RMF SSP STIG security control implementation and authorization-related evidence as required by the program.

• Work with software teams to integrate secure coding practices dependency hygiene scanning and security gates into CI/CD workflows.

• Evaluate cyber risk for legacy and emerging capabilities and recommend pragmatic mitigations aligned to mission needs.

• Support incident response readiness auditability and secure operational monitoring for critical data transfer services.

• Contribute to technical documentation including security architecture views procedures control mappings and compliance artifacts.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field. Advanced degree is preferred.

• 4 years of experience.

• Active secret clearance and ability to maintain clearance is required to start.

• Experience securing software-intensive systems web applications APIs services or distributed architectures.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles including authentication authorization encryption secure communications and least-privilege design.

• Experience with vulnerability assessment secure configuration review and remediation tracking.

• Familiarity with security frameworks and processes used in government or regulated environments such as RMF STIGs or related control baselines.

• Understanding of networking system integration and data transfer mechanisms in modern software environments.

• Ability to work closely with developers system engineers and operations personnel to balance risk reduction with mission execution.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to produce clear technical and compliance documentation.

• Strong understanding of emerging technologies and their cybersecurity implications (e.g. zero-trust architectures).

• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP CEH Security or equivalent.

• Excellent problem-solving analytical and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting aviation aerospace defense or mission systems.

• Experience with DevSecOps tooling automated code scanning container security and dependency management.

• Knowledge of cloud or hybrid hosting environments such as Azure AWS or government cloud environments.

• Experience with secure transfer protocols PKI certificate management or cross-domain data movement considerations.

Schedule:M-F; 8-5

Work Location: Onsite

Travel:No

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: Yes

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment a competitive salary and an excellent comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution medical dental vision life insurance short-term disability long-term disability flexible spending accounts Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts EAP education assistance paid time off and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

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