Cybersecurity Architect | DoD Systems & Risk Leader

General Atomics and Affiliated Companies; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GA-EMS Group

Job summary

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is seeking a Cybersecurity Architect in Rancho Bernardo, CA to lead high-level design, dictate security standards, and evaluate cyber risk for EMS programs. You will liaise with hardware/software teams and program management to ensure secure architectures and compliant processes.

The role demands expertise in cybersecurity engineering, DoD/NIST standards, and MBSE methods, with a focus on risk assessment and incident response.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's or master's degree in cybersecurity engineering, computer science or related field and five or more years of progressive experience.
• Security certification such as Sec+ is required.
• Familiarity with DoD/DoE/NASA security differences a positive.
• Experience with MBSE representations, tools, and frameworks is a positive.

Responsibilities

• Ensures system security needs established and maintained for system design and analysis, test and evaluation, system vulnerability, incident response, security risk assessment, certification and accreditation and other cybersecurity related issues for small to large complex projects.
• Develop and maintain Risk Management documents that align to DODI 8500.02, CNSSI 1253, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171 and similar cyber accreditation requirements.
• Develop secure network and system architectures that align to the standards listed above.
• Implement security standards, typically from Secure Technical Implementation Guides provided by the customer, report risk posture and provide recommended remediations and mitigations of risks.
• Utilize Software tools to perform vulnerability assessments across networks, systems and software development activities.
• Aid in the development, utilization, and evangelization of the cybersecurity tool set, integrated development environment, and processes within the enterprise.
• Responsible for rapidly grasping the function of both system overall operations as well as able to understand the interactions and dependencies among both hardware and software components, applying security and cyber process-based evaluation methods at all program and system levels, and communicating issues and solutions to the program and its engineers and software developers.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Security certifications

MBSE familiarity

Security risk assessment

Communication & leadership

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in cybersecurity engineering or related field

Equivalent professional experience considered

Tools

MBSE tools

Job description

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is seeking a Cybersecurity Architect in Rancho Bernardo, CA to lead high-level design, dictate security standards, and evaluate cyber risk for EMS programs. You will liaise with hardware/software teams and program management to ensure secure architectures and compliant processes.

The role demands expertise in cybersecurity engineering, DoD/NIST standards, and MBSE methods, with a focus on risk assessment and incident response.