Space Jobs for Cybersecurity Experts

Showing the 91 roles that name years of experience, every country. See every role

Pay by specialty

Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 123 out of 189 open roles for cybersecurity experts, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

• Name years of experience91
• Name a security clearance55
• Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)18
• Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)16
• Set a residency or work-authorization condition9
• Ask for a certification8
• Name a security certification (CISSP, Security+)6
• Ask for a professional license1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires cybersecurity experts in the space industry

Employer	Open roles	Pay stated
Muon Space	2	$154k–$218k/yr
Anduril	3	$147k–$243k/yr
Umbra	2	$145k–$200k/yr
Amazon Leo	1	$185k–$250k/yr
True Anomaly	6	$120k–$330k/yr
K2 Space	3	$150k–$250k/yr
General Galactic	1	$100k–$180k/yr
Xona Space Systems	2	$153k–$218k/yr
Varda Space Industries	2	Not stated
Apex	9	$88k–$270k/yr
Viasat	9	$117k–$316k/yr
Skylo	2	Not stated
Stoke Space	2	$72.7k–$240k/yr
Impulse Space	1	$62.4k/yr
BlackSky	1	$80k–$90k/yr
Blue Origin	7	$74.5k–$289k/yr
Relativity Space	1	$111k–$167k/yr
Northwood Space	4	$120k–$222k/yr
Firefly Aerospace	2	Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation	19	Not stated
OHB	7	Not stated
Eutelsat	3	Not stated
Isar Aerospace	2	Not stated
Thales Alenia Space	2	Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA)	1	Not stated
Exotrail	1	Not stated
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)	1	Not stated
Booz Allen Hamilton	1	$86.8k–$198k/yr
Sierra Space	2	Not stated
SES	6	$136k–$187k/yr
SpaceX	49	$85k–$340k/yr
AST SpaceMobile	1	Not stated
Northrop Grumman	7	$75.8k–$266k/yr
Vantor	3	$105k–$170k/yr
Boeing	1	$146k–$230k/yr
United Launch Alliance	1	$48k–$78.9k/yr
Rocket Lab	10	$37.4k–$227k/yr
Iridium	4	$90k–$306k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	1	$160k–$197k/yr
CACI	1	$76k–$156k/yr
Lunar Outpost	1	Not stated
Ursa Major	2	$128k–$300k/yr
US Space Force	1	$91.9k–$142k/yr
Astranis	2	$130k–$285k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring cybersecurity experts: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo1 open

Assessment

Amazon's interview loop. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Blue Origin7 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Northrop Grumman7 open

Assessment

The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory1 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

US Space Force1 open

Assessment

The qualification review and interview. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Credentials

Add the documents the announcement asks for, such as academic transcripts or military documents like your DD-214. Source

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for cybersecurity experts, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

What our research measures about software & it work

Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.

• Who is hiring895 open roles (11.0% of the space roles we read) at 45 employers, 201 of them posted in the last 30 days.
• Where the jobs are7.3% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
• Who can apply83.4% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 28.5% name a security clearance.
• Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Python (64%), Docker or Kubernetes (39%) and Linux (34%).
• Degrees and experience4.3% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 12.4% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 4 years of experience at the least.
• Pay transparency60.2% of the postings state their pay, at a median $160,000 a year.
• Internships and entry level48 open roles are for someone starting out (5.4% of its open roles).
• Shifts, weekends and travel37.2% of the postings ask for weekend work, 35.5% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.3% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
• What applications askThe application forms for this work ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (88.0% of them), about a security clearance (57.2% of them), your GPA (42.8% of them), SAT, ACT or GRE scores (42.4% of them), your salary expectations (24.9% of them) and whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before (54.0% of them).