Senior Naval System Security Engineer

U.S. Citizenship is required.

About the role

Amentum is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Naval System Security Engineer with a background in Navy surface major weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems to assist our customer with systems, technical, and security engineering methodologies and services.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise with the development, integration, and management of complex Naval surface weapons/combat defense systems.
• Provide system design and system integration documents for weapons control systems and surface combat, control, and/or situational awareness systems.
• Design and implement systems security engineering measures and techniques that prevent or delay unauthorized access to critical technologies.
• Integrate hardware and software protection into major weapons, combat, and/or fire control systems to deter exploitation.
• Develop Program Protection Plans (PPP) and other security-related documentation.
• Perform requirements derivation, allocation, and management for a weapon control system and external interfaces.
• Coordinate the impacts of proposed system changes with internal and external organizations and system stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Science (BS) degree from an accredited college or university in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline, or ten (10) years of demonstrated and established knowledge base and subject matter expertise relevant to specific technical disciplines of the SOW.
• Ten (10) years of professional systems engineering experience with a DoD major strategic, platform, weapon, combat, Command and Control (C2), cyber, and/or fire control systems program, with five years’ concurrent experience as a team leader performing system engineering and mission engineering efforts that include developing requirements and top-level designs and/or system architectures for software-intensive systems.
• Experience related to the identification, analysis, and resolution of complex systems engineering issues involving platforms, weapon, combat, C2, cyber situational awareness, and fire control systems for Navy and Joint warfighting capabilities.
• Eight (8) years of specialized demonstrated expertise in total life cycle system development and analysis, supporting achievement of milestone decisions and concept of operations, and initial design development from upper-level requirements.
• Experience dealing with issues for a system employing Government Off-The-Shelf software (GOTS) and Commercial Off-The-Shelf software (COTS) technology.
• Demonstrated experience developing system integration documents for weapons systems, weapons control systems, and/or combat systems.
• Demonstrated experience with strategic, weapon, and/or combat system certification processes and requirements, specifically self-certification criteria for elements of these systems.
• Active SECRET U.S. Government Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Systems security engineering (SSE) measures and techniques experience.
• Experience with DoDI 5000.02, DoDI 5000.83, DoDI 5200.39, DoDI 5200.44, and DoDI 5200.47E.
• Developed and implemented a verified and validated System Security Engineering (SSE) solution.
• Developed and executed a successful verification and validation SSE event.
• Security+ or similar certification.

Pay

US: $140,000 to $160,000

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements.