Systems Security Engineer Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Systems Security Engineers are among the most consistently sponsored roles in the U.S. tech sector. Employers routinely file H-1B visa, O-1, and EB-2/EB-3 petitions for qualified candidates, and specialty occupation approval rates for security engineering are strong given the clear degree-to-role alignment. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Our Charter: Deter. Prevent. Detect. Respond.
Our Mission: Safeguard the United States' most critical technologies from exploitation to maintain our battlefield pre-eminence.
Our Need: Creative and innovative engineers with prior systems, hardware, or software engineering experience with the potential to outthink world class reverse engineers.
In a modern approach to “Spy vs Spy,” BAE Systems uses state-of-the-art technology, advanced mathematics, and physics in novel ways to protect our systems and provide our customers with capability that endures. Our engineers design solutions that achieve the optimum balance between product capability and defense-in-depth security. They apply all the lessons learned to our model-based design approach and frequently advance security state-of-the-art. They take their creative and innovative spirit to the extreme by playing the part of adversary through their identification of attack vectors. They propose countermeasures that provide the greatest protection at the best value for the system’s entire lifecycle.
BAE Systems is currently seeking creative, innovative problem solvers who are able to analyze, assess, anticipate, defend, and react to current and future attacks. Candidates should be capable of working in a team environment designing and implementing innovative protection schemes with rapidly evolving technologies used in various applications throughout the company.
BAE Systems’ salary and benefits include 401(k) matching, employee discount programs, and work schedule flexibility such as alternating Fridays off.
Our Systems Engineers do a lot of amazing things, but for this role in particular you will:
- Design security architectures based on requirements from your analysis of adversary threats and proposed countermeasures
- Implement and test security countermeasures according to the guidance provided by the U.S. Government
- Work with Security State of the Art (S-SOTA) technologies
- Provide our customers with sophisticated, defense-in-depth security solutions
- Lead a Team or Section
Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- This role involves understanding systems engineering techniques and processes and requires a bachelor’s degree plus ten or more years of work experience.
- Additional critical skills include:
- Writing System Requirements
- Defining System Architectures
- Integrating Hardware and Software
- Validating and Verifying the delivered solution
- Leading an Engineering Team
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
We are very interested in candidates with any of the following experience:
- Cryptographic algorithm implementation
- Configuring security features of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) S-SOTA components
- Firmware development for COTS S-SOTA components such as Xilinx or Microsemi FPGAs
- Applying secure coding practices, securing operating systems, and virtualization
- Implementing and configuring security protocols
- Model-Based Systems Engineering using Cameo or MagicDraw
- Developing positive customer relationships
- Product design development and design analysis for manufacturability and maintainability
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $145049 - $246584
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Job Description
Our Charter: Deter. Prevent. Detect. Respond.
Our Mission: Safeguard the United States' most critical technologies from exploitation to maintain our battlefield pre-eminence.
Our Need: Creative and innovative engineers with prior systems, hardware, or software engineering experience with the potential to outthink world class reverse engineers.
In a modern approach to “Spy vs Spy,” BAE Systems uses state-of-the-art technology, advanced mathematics, and physics in novel ways to protect our systems and provide our customers with capability that endures. Our engineers design solutions that achieve the optimum balance between product capability and defense-in-depth security. They apply all the lessons learned to our model-based design approach and frequently advance security state-of-the-art. They take their creative and innovative spirit to the extreme by playing the part of adversary through their identification of attack vectors. They propose countermeasures that provide the greatest protection at the best value for the system’s entire lifecycle.
BAE Systems is currently seeking creative, innovative problem solvers who are able to analyze, assess, anticipate, defend, and react to current and future attacks. Candidates should be capable of working in a team environment designing and implementing innovative protection schemes with rapidly evolving technologies used in various applications throughout the company.
BAE Systems’ salary and benefits include 401(k) matching, employee discount programs, and work schedule flexibility such as alternating Fridays off.
Our Systems Engineers do a lot of amazing things, but for this role in particular you will:
- Design security architectures based on requirements from your analysis of adversary threats and proposed countermeasures
- Implement and test security countermeasures according to the guidance provided by the U.S. Government
- Work with Security State of the Art (S-SOTA) technologies
- Provide our customers with sophisticated, defense-in-depth security solutions
- Lead a Team or Section
Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- This role involves understanding systems engineering techniques and processes and requires a bachelor’s degree plus ten or more years of work experience.
- Additional critical skills include:
- Writing System Requirements
- Defining System Architectures
- Integrating Hardware and Software
- Validating and Verifying the delivered solution
- Leading an Engineering Team
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
We are very interested in candidates with any of the following experience:
- Cryptographic algorithm implementation
- Configuring security features of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) S-SOTA components
- Firmware development for COTS S-SOTA components such as Xilinx or Microsemi FPGAs
- Applying secure coding practices, securing operating systems, and virtualization
- Implementing and configuring security protocols
- Model-Based Systems Engineering using Cameo or MagicDraw
- Developing positive customer relationships
- Product design development and design analysis for manufacturability and maintainability
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $145049 - $246584
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Systems Security Engineer
Lead with your security domain specialization
Generalist security experience is harder to sponsor than deep specialization. Emphasize a specific domain, cloud security, penetration testing, identity and access management, or SIEM, so employers can map your background directly to a specialty occupation petition.
Target employers with active security clearance programs
Defense contractors, federal agencies, and large financial institutions file the most security engineering sponsorships. These employers have established immigration infrastructure and routinely sponsor H-1B and EB petitions for systems security roles with predictable processes.
Align your degree field to the job description
USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation filings closely. A degree in computer science, information security, or electrical engineering aligns cleanly. If your degree is in a tangential field, gather documentation showing how your coursework directly maps to systems security engineering.
Highlight certifications alongside your degree
CISSP, CISM, CEH, and CompTIA Security+ strengthen your petition by demonstrating industry-recognized expertise. While certifications alone don't satisfy the degree requirement, they signal to both employers and USCIS adjudicators that this is a genuine specialized role.
Understand the timeline before you accept an offer
H-1B cap-subject petitions require lottery selection in March for an October 1 start. If you're not already on H-1B or OPT, confirm whether the employer is cap-exempt or willing to use premium processing to navigate the gap between offer and authorization.
Browse sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate before applying broadly
Not every company that posts security engineering roles will sponsor visas. Searching on Migrate Mate filters to employers with verified sponsorship history, saving you from investing heavily in applications with companies that will ultimately decline to file.
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Find Systems Security Engineer JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Is Systems Security Engineer considered a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. Systems Security Engineer consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation because the role theoretically and practically requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, cybersecurity, or a closely related field. USCIS has a well-established record of approving H-1B petitions for this title. The key is ensuring the job description explicitly reflects degree-level knowledge requirements rather than general IT troubleshooting.
Does my degree need to be specifically in cybersecurity to qualify?
No, but it needs to be closely related. Computer science, information technology, electrical engineering, and mathematics degrees are routinely accepted when paired with a security-focused job description. If your degree is in a less directly related field, a credential evaluation and documentation of relevant coursework or certifications can help USCIS adjudicators establish the connection to the specialty occupation.
How do security clearance requirements affect visa sponsorship?
Roles requiring active U.S. security clearances are almost always restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, since clearances cannot be granted to most nonimmigrant visa holders. However, many private-sector systems security roles, particularly in financial services, healthcare, and commercial tech, do not require clearances and sponsor H-1B and O-1 petitions routinely. Focus your search on non-clearance roles when you're still on a work visa.
Can I qualify for an O-1A visa as a Systems Security Engineer?
Yes, if you've reached a recognized level of distinction in the field. Published security research, CVE disclosures, conference presentations at DEF CON or Black Hat, significant open-source contributions, or awards from industry bodies can support an O-1A petition. The standard is high but achievable for engineers with an established public profile. O-1A also has no lottery and no annual cap, making it attractive if you qualify.
Where can I find employers who actually sponsor visas for this role?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this, every listing on the platform is filtered to employers with a demonstrated history of visa sponsorship. General job boards mix sponsored and non-sponsored roles with no way to distinguish them, which wastes significant time. Searching on Migrate Mate lets you focus your applications on systems security engineering roles at companies that have already committed to sponsoring foreign workers.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Systems Security Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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