78 principal security engineer jobs at 44 companies in Towson, MD

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Principal / Senior Principal Embedded Systems Security Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
$120k-$179k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
5+ YOEActive U.S. citizenship and DoD Secret clearance, 5+ years systems engineering experience with DoD platforms/sensors, experience with anti-tamper/reverse engineering/RMF, ability to obtain SAP access.
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Offensive Security Agent Engineer
New York City or Seattle or Washington or San Francisco or United States
$347k-$490k/yr RemoteFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
Staff/principal-level offensive security expertise, domain knowledge in cloud/Kubernetes/web/Linux/macOS, experience building production software and agent systems, strong judgment and communication.
Kubernetes, Linux, macOS
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Principal Engineer -Cyber Security
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$50k-$175k/yr OnsiteFull Time
A3 Technology
A3 Technology: Provides engineering and technical services for federal aviation programs.
20+ YOEMaster's preferred in CS/InfoSec/Systems Eng; 20+ years IT experience; 10+ years FAA NAS security experience; CISSP required; knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and FAA Order 1370.121; US citizenship/green card and government clearance eligibility.
FAA Order 1370.121, NIST SP 800-53, Zero Trust Architecture, NESG, RMAG, National Airspace System (NAS)
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Principal Security Engineer (Palo Alto Strata Cloud)
Vienna or Pensacola or Winchester
$132k-$206k/yr HybridFull Time
Navy Federal Credit Union
Navy Federal Credit Union: Offers banking and financial services to the military community.
10+ YOE10+ years cybersecurity engineering experience; 5+ years with Palo Alto Strata Cloud Manager/Panorama; 3+ years tuning network sensors; Bachelor's in CS/IT or equivalent; experience with cloud, proxies, IDS/IPS, and network security.
Palo Alto Strata Cloud Manager, Panorama, Prisma Access, Splunk, PowerShell, Python, Azure, IDS, IPS, CASB, SASE, SD-WAN, PKI, SSL, SSH, HTTPS
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Principal Software Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$152k-$229k/yr RemoteFull Time
Recorded Future
Recorded Future: Provides AI-driven threat intelligence to protect organizations from cyberattacks.
5+ YOE5+ years in data/backend/platform engineering; strong Python; cloud infra; Kafka/RabbitMQ; SQL/NoSQL; CI/CD; IaC; data pipelines; security data domain interest.
Python, Go, Rust, Cloud infrastructure, Kafka, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Delta Lake, AWS Neptune, Neo4j, Flask, Django, FastAPI, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code
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Principal Information Security Engineer
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
$117k-$292k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Clarity Innovations
Clarity Innovations: Provides software and data engineering for national security missions.
5+ YOEActive U.S. Top Secret clearance with SCI/SAP eligibility, 5+ years relevant experience, RMF/ATO expertise, experience with cloud, CI/CD, IaC and DevSecOps, and vulnerability assessment tools.
Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, Azure, AWS, ACAS, Nessus, SonarQube, eMASS, Xacta, SNOW, LATTE ART
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Principal Systems Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$190k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Columbia Technology Partners
Columbia Technology Partners: Provides IT, cybersecurity, and management consulting to government agencies.
U.S. citizenship required; active security clearance with polygraph; DOD 8570 certification; background investigation and random drug testing; experience in systems/network engineering and security.
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Principal Test Engineer
Germantown, Maryland, United States
$120k-$162k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Leonardo DRS
Leonardo DRSNASDAQ: DRS: Manufactures advanced electronic systems for defense and military applications.
8+ YOEBachelor's in engineering plus minimum 8 years' experience, mastery of multiple engineering disciplines, ability to obtain/hold DOD security clearance, strong technical leadership and test development skills.
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Principal/Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer
Hawthorne or El Segundo or Los Angeles or Washington or San Francisco or San Diego or Seattle or London
$160k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries: Develops advanced radar and sensing systems for modern defense.
10+ YOEBachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, 10+ years mechanical design and system integration experience in aerospace/defense, launcher design experience, CAD and FEA proficiency, electro-mechanical integration, MIL-STD familiarity, ability to obtain U.S. security clearance.
SolidWorks, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS, COMSOL
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Principal Software Engineer, Field Engineering
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, United States
$160k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Raft
Raft: Builds AI and data platforms for U.S. national defense.
5+ YOE5+ years hands-on software engineering; active Secret clearance; backend Go/Java/Rust; DevSecOps; Kubernetes; Bash/Python; Army-domain knowledge; customer-facing; Security+ readiness; willing to relocate to APG.
Go, Java, Rust, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Bash, Python, RMF
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383 - Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$216k-$241k/yr OnsiteFull Time
ARSIEM
ARSIEM: Provides cybersecurity and software engineering to government agencies.
11+ YOEBachelor's degree with 11+ years of relevant experience; strong software development and scripting skills; experience in security/Android/automation preferred.
Java, Python, JavaScript, Shell, Android, Selenium
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Principal Cybersecurity Engineer
Reston or Boulder
$185k-$277k/yr HybridFull Time
Workday
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
10+ YOE2+ Mgmt10+ years in cybersecurity with 2+ years technical leadership, Bachelor's degree, expertise in incident response, SIEM/SOAR, digital forensics, threat hunting, security automation, cloud-native security, scripting, and AI applied to security.
SIEM, SOAR, Agentic AI, Generative AI
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Principal Database Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Envision Innovative Solutions
Envision Innovative Solutions: Provides technical engineering and mission support to government agencies.
10+ YOE10 years DBE experience, active DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II, bachelor’s in technical discipline (or 5 years DBE in lieu), ability to design, secure, optimize enterprise databases.
Open Database Connectivity
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Principal Platform Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
$160k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
Impruvon Health
Impruvon Health: Automated medication management and clinical workflow platform for providers.
7+ YOE7+ years owning production AWS infrastructure, strong IaC (AWS CDK), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), container orchestration (ECS/EKS), HIPAA/SOC 2 experience, security and compliance expertise.
AWS, AWS Organizations, AWS CDK, GitHub Actions, Docker, Docker Compose, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes, devcontainers, docker compose, mise, Ruby on Rails, React, Flutter
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Principal Platform Engineer
Baltimore or United States
$160k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
Impruvon Health
Impruvon Health: Software and hardware for medication management in care settings.
7+ YOE7+ years owning production AWS infrastructure, deep IaC experience (AWS CDK), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), container orchestration (ECS/EKS), security/compliance (HIPAA/SOC2), strong communication and autonomy.
AWS, AWS Organizations, AWS CDK, GitHub Actions, Docker, docker compose, devcontainers, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes, React, Ruby on Rails, Flutter
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Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer
Vienna, Virginia, United States
$97k-$306k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Oracle
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
12+ YOEBachelor's in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent; 12+ years IT experience with 8+ years in solution architecture; hands-on OCI, networking, Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux/Windows; strong security, DR, and stakeholder skills.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Terraform, Kubernetes, Linux, Windows, CI/CD
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DevSecOps Engineer Principal - Cyber
Arlington, Virginia, United States
HybridFull Time
SAIC
SAICNASDAQ: SAIC: Provides government and defense clients with technology and engineering services.
4+ YOEU.S. citizen with TS/SCI clearance ability; extensive DevSecOps experience with CI/CD, containerization, cloud, security automation, and related tools; advanced degree or equivalent experience.
Axonious, Splunk, Trend Micro, ACAS, GitLab, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, Helm, CloudOne, AWS, Docker, Red Hat Podman, Atlassian Jira, Confluence
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Principal Linux Platform Engineer - Remote
Minneapolis or Washington or United States
$113k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth GroupNYSE: UNH: Provides health insurance and technology-enabled health care services.
10+ YOE10+ years Linux engineering experience, Red Hat Enterprise Linux expertise, KVM virtualization, Ansible and scripting, EM automation and monitoring (Grafana/Prometheus/Loki/AlertManager/Thanos), IdM/LDAP/Kerberos experience, security-first platform hardening.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, KVM, Ansible, Python, Shell scripting, IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS), Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, AlertManager, Thanos, LDAP, Kerberos, SSSD, F5, haproxy, SELinux, LVM, dm-crypt, LUKS2, Kubernetes, OpenShift, IBM LinuxONE, IBM Z, Go, Rust, Java, C
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Principal Software Systems Engineer
United States or Arlington or Denver or Houston or Merritt Island
RemoteFull Time
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense
Airbus U.S. Space & DefenseEuronext Paris: AIR: Provides satellite, helicopter, and cybersecurity solutions for U.S. defense.
15+ YOEBachelor's in STEM (Masters preferred). 15 years' experience with BS (12 with MS) in aerospace software systems, MBSE and requirements management (DOORS), ability to obtain government security clearance, US citizenship required.
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), DOORS
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Principal Substation Electrical Engineer - Regional Datacenter Engineering
Redmond or Atlanta or San Antonio or Phoenix or Washington or United States
$143k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Microsoft
MicrosoftNASDAQ: MSFT: Develops software, services, devices, and cloud computing solutions.
3+ YOERequires an electrical, computer, or related engineering degree and 3–8+ years of technical experience depending on degree level. Requires citizenship verification, security screening, and advanced high-voltage substation expertise.
SCADA, PSCAD, PSSE, PSLF, Microsoft Office