Sentinel - Systems Security Engineer - 16416*

About the role

This position will be in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL and will support the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. Key protection activities will involve vendor research, hardware assurance, program protection, counterfeit prevention, and supply chain security.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified hardware and firmware components
• Research, analyze data, and derive facts per identified vulnerabilities
• Participate in a variety of working groups and customer meetings; ensure communication of risk environment with stakeholders
• Contributes to program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones for Hardware Assurance
• Review technical security assessments of a system, identifying points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established standards and regulations and recommended mitigation strategies
• Support the design, development, implementation, and integration of security systems and system components
• Support MDT with other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related experience
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Minimum 2 years of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs
• Minimum 2 years in showing the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with vulnerability management
• Experience with Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools

Qualifications

• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• Experience developing Systems Security Engineering requirements for hardware assurance
• Evaluating program processes and compliance strategies for large, complex multi-site programs
• Experience performing vulnerability analysis against hardware / firmware devices
• Experience analyzing supply chain part databases, such as ERAI, Silicon Expert, or GIDEP
• Understanding of Program Protection applicable to US Government Defense Programs and applied knowledge in the application of SSE principles across a broad spectrum of security measures (Cybersecurity, Counterfeit Awareness, Anti-Tamper, HW/SW Assurance, OPSEC, etc.) to protect critical program information (CPI)
• Experience in any of the full product life cycles of: ASIC Design, FPGA Design
• Experience in HDL (VHDL/Verilog), implementing designs using RTL
• Ability to show self as team player, able to multi-task, able to generate quality work products independently, able to make excellent judgement and show interpersonal skills
• Experience with data processing – taking various data sources and transforming this data into a viewable dashboard utilizing Tableau, Power BI, or other tools
• Experience utilizing a requirements management database, such as IBM DOORs