Cyber Systems Engineer (Level 3 or 4) AHT

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

Relocation assistance may be available. A Top Secret security clearance with SCI is required for start. Travel is required, approximately 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an integrated product team (IPT) to architect, implement, and satisfy Risk Management Framework (RMF) CyberSecurity, CyberResilience, and/or CyberSurvivability requirements of satellite systems, communications links, and ground command & control (C2) systems.
• Engage with multiple engineering disciplines and contribute to the secure design of complex systems.
• Perform System Security Engineering Requirements management in support of program protection (PP) requirements.
• Ensure that Cyber requirements are included in the formal requirements tracking process and is Cyber/SSE contributor for a segment or subsystem.
• Perform Attack Surface Analysis (ASA) and prepare Systems Security Plan (SSP) documentation for complex space systems.
• Implement and maintain COTS security products (firewalls, anti-virus, two-factor authentication, SIEM tools, etc. within terrestrial systems.
• Support design and implementation of space vehicle hardening, for embedded processors and flight software.
• Prepare and Execute assessment procedures to verify conformance with Commercial, Federal Civilian agency, Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, and/or Special Access Program, Cyber/SSE security controls, and or survivability requirements.
• Work in an Agile engineering environment, where the Cyber/SSE may assist in triage of Static Code Analysis (SCA) tool findings and assist in prioritizing the findings as technical debt in the SwDLC backlog.
• Securely deploy Mission Unique Software (MUS) in computing clouds and/or highly virtualized environments.
• Interface with customer representatives to accomplish Cyber Test & Evaluation of systems to meet critical program milestones.
• Perform system vulnerability scanning, remediation, and patch management activities on Windows and Red Hat operating systems and various COTS/GOTS applications.
• Document (or update) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and when needed, perform software patch installation, other flaw remediation, antivirus updates, and continuous monitoring (ConMon) activities.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of Cyber/SSE experience, preferably within the defense aerospace industry.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI at time of application.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Experience designing systems/networks to use, or hands-on experience with industry platform hardening practices, such as DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) implementation.
• Experience designing systems/networks to use, or scanning, remediating, mitigating, and reporting cybersecurity vulnerabilities discovered through use of audit reduction tools and/or the DISA Automated Security Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) tool or Tenable NESSUS.
• Experience implementing the RMF process from system categorization through continuous monitoring.

Qualifications

Cyber Systems Engineer Level 3: BS degree in engineering, with Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering preferred with 5 years of experience or 3 years of experience with a Masters. Experience can be considered in lieu of degree (additional 4 years).

Cyber Systems Engineer Level 4: BS degree in engineering, with Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering preferred with 8 years of experience or 6 years of experience with a Masters. Experience can be considered in lieu of degree (additional 4 years).

Skills

• Experience designing systems/networks to use, or hands-on experience operating, DISA Host Based Security System (HBSS) or Endpoint Security Suite (ESS) solutions.
• Experience designing systems/networks to use, or hands-on experience with industry platform hardening practices, such as DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) implementation.
• Experience implementing the RMF process from system categorization through continuous monitoring.
• Excellent technical document preparation skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders ranging from technical staffers up to senior program managers.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $125,300.00 - $187,900.00. Secondary Level Salary Range: $156,400.00 - $234,600.00.

Schedule

This position will be on-site only.