Principal Cyber Systems Engineer – TS Clearance

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Rancho Bernardo, CA or El Segundo, CA seeks Principal Cyber Systems Engineer to join our team focused on cybersecurity and systems engineering across development and sustainment.

The role emphasizes identifying cybersecurity risks, developing remediation plans, coordinating with stakeholders to drive improvements, and ensuring compliance packages are maintained; onsite, with travel up to 25% and TS clearance required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in STEM with 5+ years of related engineering experience, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 1 year.
• Experience in systems engineering areas such as planning, design, verification, or lifecycle execution.
• Active US Government Top Secret clearance (or continuous evaluation).
• Ability to obtain SAP clearance in a reasonable time.

Responsibilities

• Identify cybersecurity risks and support design, development, integration, test, and verification of system security solutions.
• Develop remediation plans with stakeholders and incorporate cybersecurity improvements into the system.
• Engage customer counterparts to drive improvements to the weapons system's cybersecurity posture.
• Support vulnerability management activities, including review, analysis, prioritization, and disposition of findings.
• Support cybersecurity scanning and assessment using approved tools.
• Maintain cybersecurity compliance packages and related evidence.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Systems Engineering

Vulnerability Management

Threat Mitigation

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

ACAS

Nessus

SBOM tooling

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Rancho Bernardo, CA or El Segundo, CA seeks Principal Cyber Systems Engineer to join our team focused on cybersecurity and systems engineering across development and sustainment.

The role emphasizes identifying cybersecurity risks, developing remediation plans, coordinating with stakeholders to drive improvements, and ensuring compliance packages are maintained; onsite, with travel up to 25% and TS clearance required.