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Staff/Principal Security Engineer (U. S. Air Force)

Skylight · United States

Posted about a month ago · $90,000–$125,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
31 days
Skylight's roles stay open a median of 57 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
80% of Skylight's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Skylight
high
8 stale, 2 reposted of 15 open
Hiring momentum
21 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Skylight's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Skylight.

About this role

As a Staff/Principal Security Engineer at Skylight, you will focus on implementing security best practices in collaboration with cross-functional teams while modernizing legacy systems for the U.S. Air Force. Your role involves conducting security audits, executing risk management processes, and mentoring government engineers to integrate security into their workflows. You will also be responsible for protecting sensitive data and ensuring compliance throughout the software development lifecycle.

Our read on this posting4.6out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Skylight as an employer.

What you need

  • Experience taking systems through RMF and ATO, ideally in a DoD context, including authoring the control implementation and body of evidence
  • Able to detect risks by continually reviewing all aspects of the application for vulnerabilities and enumerating them
  • Able to mitigate and prevent risks by proactively working with teams to build secure and compliant systems
  • Familiarity with common sources of vulnerability information
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements regarding security and compliance
  • Experience working in agile software development

Nice to have

  • Can write clean, working, and reusable code in at least one programming language
  • Experience with application development, particularly web development and testing frameworks
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure as code
  • Military or government experience
  • Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings

What you get

  • Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
  • Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
  • Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays

Worth weighing

  • Role contingent on Skylight being awarded the underlying contract; if not awarded, other opportunities may be discussed
  • Access to users varies by team, requiring creativity in outreach
  • Client is early- to mid-transformation, indicating potential for organizational and operational change
  • Some roles may require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute

Summarised from Skylight's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Skylight on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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