Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, IT Security, Network Systems Technology or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
5 years of experience in security technology design
5 years of network, server, and application systems development experience
Understanding of airworthiness cybersecurity concepts, including regulatory compliance and governance norms.
Familiarity with industry standards development and governing bodies (e.g., RTCA, IATA, ARINC, and FAA) in relation to aviation cybersecurity.
Experience analyzing cybersecurity for avionics, ground systems, networks, tooling, 3rd parties, and other aviation-adjacent systems.
Awareness of aviation cyber threat vectors (airborne software manipulation, GPS spoofing, ADS-B misuse, datalink manipulation, avionics tampering).
Experience working alongside SIEM platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk) for log collection, enrichment, detection engineering, or triage.
Familiarity with UEBA, anomaly detection, KQL, Sigma-to-KQL translation (even at a basic level).
Understanding of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts as used in aviation contexts: X.509, OCSP, CRL, certificate chain validation.
Awareness of cryptographic workflows for loadable software parts, avionics signing, or aircraft-to-ground authentication.
Experience integrating certificate-based identity into network security or Zero Trust architectures.
Familiar with NIST Special Publications (e.g., 800-171, 800-30)
Ability to perform vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments
Knowledge of secure integration of cybersecurity into the aircraft software lifecycle, including maintenance workflows and part-loading processes.
Ability to coordinate security reviews with TechOps, Avionics Engineering, EFB Engineering, and Connectivity teams.
Familiarity with aircraft operational telemetry, uptime considerations, and failure-mode assessment.
Ability to support aviation-specific incident response, including log preservation, chain-of-custody, and cross-domain triage.
Significant experience with virtualization architectures (Citrix, VMWare, Hyper-V)
Experience collaborating successfully with project managers, engineers, architects, administrators, and customers to deliver projects on time and within budget
Experience presenting to senior leadership including corporate architecture review boards and governance committees
Experience with designing, developing, and integrating Active Directory Group Policy, Local Security Policy, and Windows scripts
Knowledge of cloud technologies and risk assessment criteria (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)
Proficient in Agile and SDLC methodologies