Calling all Top Secret Cleared Cyber Systems Engineering Professionals! (Dulles, VA or Gilbert, AZ)

Do you want to work at an international company with endless opportunities for growth and advancement?  Are you eager to join a trust-based, globally connected team, where your contributions will define what’s possible?

We are looking for team members who want to solve interesting, complex problems, which protect our nation. Your talents and passion are most important to us. If you don’t know a language, program, or platform, we will teach you!  Become a part of our enthusiastic teams where we have fun working together and take pride in our contributions to the nation’s safety.

We are recruiting for Top Secret cleared junior, mid-level, and senior engineers with a background in Cyber Systems Engineering. 

A Cyber Systems Security Engineering position requires demonstrated technical accomplishments in securing complex systems that can be applied to Space Systems.  Space Systems are comprised of multiple segments and this position has responsibilities across Ground Segments, Communications Segments, and Space Segments.  This position supports National Security Space missions that require the most trustworthy personnel and a new hire start date is contingent on TS clearance transfer. Due to the nature of this work, this position will be on-site only.

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.  You will engage with multiple engineering disciplines and contribute to the secure design of complex systems
• System Security Engineering Requirements management in support of program protection (PP) requirements, work with systems engineers to decompose system-level security controls into technical performance requirements across the segments and down to specific components, across disciplines Anti-Tamper, TEMPEST, Cybersecurity (RMF), and cryptographic component integration/development.  You will 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, including Risk Assessment Reports (RAR), Security Control Traceability Matrices (SCTM), Security Assessment Procedures, and POA&Ms
• Implement and maintain COTS security products (firewalls, anti-virus, two-factor authentication, SIEM tools, etc. within terrestrial systems
• For space segments, you will support design and implementation of space vehicle hardening, for embedded processors and flight software.  Experience with real-time operating systems, secure coding best practices, or other mission critical operational systems is required
• 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, as required based on the specified customer/system requirements
• Work in an Agile engineering environment, where the Cyber/SSE may assist in triage of Static Code Analysis (SCA) tool findings (e.g. Fortify) and assist in prioritizing the findings as technical debt in the SwDLC backlog
• Work in small teams to complete systems engineering, assembly, integration, and test activities for security-critical components, such as Cross Domain Solutions, cryptographic devices, and controlled interfaces
• Securely deploy Mission Unique Software (MUS) in computing clouds and/or highly virtualized environments.  Prepare Certification To Field (CTF) assessment procedures.  Execute CTF test cases for observation by customer cybersecurity representatives
• 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 including those within virtualized and/or cloud environments
• Document (or update) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and when needed, perform software patch installation, other flaw remediation, antivirus updates, and continuous monitoring (ConMon) activities
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with security policies and procedures as outlined in the system security authorization package

To be successful you should have:

• 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, as well as documentation of deviations and mitigations
• 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
• 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

Basic Qualifications:

• US Citizen with active Top Secret security clearance, with SCI and DCID 6/4 eligibility
• BS degree in Engineering. (Four years Cybersecurity experience in the Space industry may substitute for degree)
• Minimum 5 years of Cyber/SSE experience
• Current DoD 8570 IASAE Level II certification (i.e., CASP CE, CISSP (or associate) or CSSLP)

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering 
• MS degree in Electrical, Systems, or Aerospace Engineering 
• Current CISSP-ISSEP or CISSP-ISSAP
• 7 years of IA/cybersecurity experience, with are least 3 of those within the SAP community in the defense aerospace industry
• Experience hardening Docker containers

We are seeking team members who have a thirst for knowledge, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems. Creativity and innovation are imperative, because at Northrop Grumman, many of the problems we work on are impossible… until they’re not.

 What does success look like?

As a successful employee, you will:

• Be an active and integral member of your team
• Channel your enthusiasm to innovate
• Be part of a supportive team that develops and deploys technologies that matter to our national security
• Work with agility, flexibility, and collaboration to explore creative ideas

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

The Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Division is a strategic partner specializing in commercial and classified partnerships with the design, delivery, operation and sustainment of satellites and human spacecraft.  We support science and space exploration through our various partnerships, including NASA’s Artemis program with the goal to return humans to the Moon in 2024 and the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) program that has discovered more than twenty confirmed plants.  Recognized as an industry leader, we also develop highly specialized space and satellite components. 

Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

Medical

Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Flexible Schedules (For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work)

For more details please visit our total rewards site or chat with one of our recruiters to learn more.

Link: www.northropgrumman.com/benefits

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