Sr Principal Cyber Systems Engineer – Ground (Space Systems)

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We have an opening for a Senior Principal Cybersecurity Systems Engineer to join our qualified, diverse team. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support. The team you will support is located at our Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, CA.

A Cybersecurity Systems Engineer (SE) is the person in an organization who architects system security requirements. The Cyber SE also designs the security layout or architecture and determines required security tools and existing tool functionality. A Cyber SE is responsible for the security governance, risk management, and compliance of a system while it is being engineered for a customer.

What you’ll get to do?

As a Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer on this team, you will have the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities

• Propose and design systems architecture changes with traceability to requirements

• Provide implementation guidance and oversight to technical teams/implementer

• Review and Assess stakeholder security objectives, protection needs and concerns, security requirements, and associated validation methods

• Review and Assess system security requirements and associated verification methods per RMF standards

• Identify and/or assess vulnerabilities and susceptibility to life cycle disruptions, hazards, and threats

• Provide security considerations to inform systems engineering efforts with the objective to reduce errors, flaws, and weakness that may constitute security vulnerability leading to unacceptable asset loss and consequences

• Identify, quantify, and evaluate the costs/benefits of security functions and considerations to inform analysis of alternatives, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions

• Author and maintain critical program documents such as Cybersecurity Strategies, System Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans, Security Assessment Plans, etc

• Customization for customer needs and explaining in layman terms

Basic Qualifications for a Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 9 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 7 years of related experience

• Hosted payload and satellite integration experience with direct experience developing RMF assessment and authorization documentation

• Active TS clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Ground-system security architecture experience

• Experience working with eMASS and/or Xacta

• Familiarity with Systems Security Engineering (SSE) documentation (e.g. Cybersecurity Strategies, Information Support Plans, Program Protection Plans (PPPs)

• Familiarity with Anti-Tamper Plans, Counterintelligence Support Plans, Integrated Threat Assessment Reports, Operations Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans, Defensive Cyberspace Operations Plans, IT/Cybersecurity Strategies, Information Support Plans, Enterprise Architecture Views and related documentation IAW DoDI 5000.02, DoDI 5200.39, DODI 5200.44, DODD 5200.47E, DoDI 8500.01, DoDI 8510.01, and NIST SP 800-160

• DoD 8570 certification for IAM-III (CISSP, CISM, GSLC, CCISO) or IAT-III (GCIH, CISSP, CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, GCED)

• Experience with Agile methodologies

• Active TS clearance with the ability to obtain SCI access or active SCI access

Salary Range: $142,800 USD - $214,200 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, 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.

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