Space Jobs for Cybersecurity Experts

Showing the 108 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 141 out of 232 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 experience108
• Name a security clearance66
• Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)18
• Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)17
• Ask for a certification11
• Name a security certification (CISSP, Security+)9
• Set a residency or work-authorization condition9
• 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	5	$124k–$243k/yr
Umbra	2	$145k–$200k/yr
Amazon Leo	2	$102k–$250k/yr
True Anomaly	7	$115k–$330k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems	2	$79.4k–$165k/yr
K2 Space	5	$140k–$250k/yr
General Galactic	1	$100k–$180k/yr
Xona Space Systems	2	$153k–$218k/yr
Stoke Space	2	$72.7k–$240k/yr
Varda Space Industries	2	Not stated
Apex	10	$88k–$270k/yr
Viasat	9	$117k–$316k/yr
Skylo	2	Not stated
RTX	1	Not stated
Impulse Space	1	$62.4k/yr
KBR	2	$150k–$243k/yr
BlackSky	1	$80k–$90k/yr
Blue Origin	9	$74.5k–$289k/yr
Relativity Space	1	$111k–$167k/yr
Northwood Space	4	$120k–$222k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton	2	$86.8k–$198k/yr
Firefly Aerospace	2	Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation	20	Not stated
OHB	7	Not stated
Eutelsat	4	Not stated
Thales Alenia Space	3	Not stated
Isar Aerospace	2	Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space	1	Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA)	1	Not stated
Exotrail	1	Not stated
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)	1	Not stated
Sierra Space	2	$96.4k–$168k/yr
SES	9	$136k–$187k/yr
Intuitive Machines	1	Not stated
Boeing	1	$146k–$230k/yr
SpaceX	55	$85k–$340k/yr
Vantor	3	$105k–$170k/yr
AST SpaceMobile	1	Not stated
Northrop Grumman	10	$75.8k–$266k/yr
L3Harris	1	Not stated
United Launch Alliance	2	$48k–$173k/yr
Iridium	5	$90k–$306k/yr
Rocket Lab	10	$37.4k–$227k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	1	$160k–$197k/yr
Lockheed Martin	1	$118k–$219k/yr
Amentum	5	$83.7k/yr
Ursa Major	2	$128k–$300k/yr
CACI	1	$76k–$156k/yr
Lunar Outpost	1	Not stated
US Space Force	2	$90.5k–$142k/yr
Astranis	3	$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 Leo2 open

Assessment

Amazon's interview loop. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Blue Origin9 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Booz Allen Hamilton2 open

Assessment

Booz Allen's technical assessment and interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Thales Alenia Space3 open

Assessment

Thales interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Airbus Defence and Space1 open

Assessment

Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply

Interview

Interview

European Space Agency (ESA)1 open

Assessment

ESA's pre-screening and panel interview. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Credentials

You complete a basic medical screening for the ESA Medical Officer and a basic background screening run by an external party; in a second stage ESA contacts your referees and verifies your diploma. Source

Northrop Grumman10 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

Lockheed Martin1 open

Assessment

Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

US Space Force2 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).