Senior Embedded Cybersecurity Engineer

About the job

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Parry Labs team in the Detroit metro area.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Stay current on emerging and future security standards, best practices, and industry trends; participate in relevant industry groups to help shape standards.
• Develop and implement Zero Trust adoption across product lines.
• Cook up Zero Trust Architecture integration with safety requirements while ensuring compliance with RMF 4/5 expectations for ATO.
• Prototype and implement advanced security controls for next-generation avionics platforms.
• Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses to identify and prioritize security weaknesses.
• Develop, plan, and implement security controls to mitigate identified risks.
• Perform security testing and evaluation on unique systems and dynamic, purpose-built networks.
• Serve as a cyber security technical point of contact for DoD or prime customers for one or more software or system product lines.
• Promote and strengthen a positive cyber security culture across systems, software, and integration teams.
• Write, review, and validate Zero Trust system specifications and requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of emerging security technologies and industry best practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in information systems security engineering.
• Knowledge of security standards and frameworks such as NIST, RMF, and ISO.
• Strong competency in Zero-Trust principles or experience implementing Zero-Trust architectures.
• Experience with assessing the security posture of one or more of the following: Linux, Embedded Linux, VxWorks, Lynx, or Windows Operating Systems configurations and deployments.
• Experience with security technology such as firewalls, endpoint security, application whitelisting, intrusion detection/prevention systems, and encryption.
• Experience securing software containers and orchestration stacks running either Docker, Kubernetes, or RedHat OpenShift through all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Hold a DoDM 8140.03 compliant certification such as Security +, CISSP or CEH.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance (if not already acquired).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in information systems security engineering.
• Previous experience as a systems engineer or software engineer in the DoD or Aerospace field highly desired.
• Previous software engineering or software integration experience.
• Java, C, C++, Python.
• Anti-Tamper experience with DoD weapon systems.
• Experience with penetration testing frameworks such as Metasploit, Burpsuite, Libfuzzer.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification, Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification, or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).
• DoD Top Secret Security Clearance.