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Engineer, Aircraft Security

INSPYR SolutionsFort Worth, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted 31 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Advance your career in aircraft security with this hybrid role offering significant growth potential and the chance to shape cutting-edge systems. You'll thrive here if you are a mid-senior engineer eager to mentor others, solve complex technical challenges, and contribute to robust security practices within a reputable organization. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and make a tangible impact.

Quick Overview

Salary
$40 - $50/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Posted
Yesterday

Job Description

Title: Engineer, Aircraft Security
Location: Fort Worth, TX (Hybrid 3/2)
Duration: 6+ month contract 
Compensation: $40.00 - 50.00/hr w2
Work Requirements: U.S. Citizen, Holders, or Authorized to Work in the U.S.


Engineer, Aircraft Security

  • Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
  • Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
  • Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
  • Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
  • Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
  • Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
  • Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
  • Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
  • Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
  • Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
  • Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
  • Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
  • Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate
Top Requirement:
  • 5 years in security engineering with demonstrated independent project ownership (not queue-based SOC analyst experience), including hands-on PKI engineering
  • Self-directed detection engineering & investigation — Microsoft Sentinel, KQL/query and rule authoring, dashboards, and end-to-end security event investigation, driven independently with strong written documentation (not queue/triage-based SOC work).
  • PKI engineering (not just certificate consumption) — demonstrable understanding of PKI solution design and operations: enrollment protocols (SCEP, EST), Certificate Policy / Certification Practice Statement (CP/CPS), trusted roles, Levels of Assurance, NIST SP 800-63, and real use cases such as certificate-based authentication and software signing/validation.
  • Remediation lifecycle engineering — owning remediation-plan review and vulnerability/finding tracking from finding to validated closure.
Nice to Have Skills and Experience
  • Hands-on AI/agentic security tooling (e.g., Claude / LLM-assisted code & configuration analysis, prompt engineering for security use cases) per CISO AI direction; Absolute endpoint platform engineering (SSO, policy groups, API); scripting/automation (Python/PowerShell); aviation / OT / cyber-physical or embedded-systems exposure; HSM / key-management and code-signing infrastructure; aviation secuirty.
Our benefits package includes: 
  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Competitive pay
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • …and much more!

 
About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a leading global expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our tailored offerings include a wide variety of professional services, project solutions, managed services, and talent resources, all bolstered by our strategic partnerships with cutting-edge technology services. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at .
 

 

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