Principal Cybersecurity Analyst / Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Analyst

Northrop Grumman; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to support mission critical network infrastructure and accreditation activities. The role requires active TS/SCI with Polygraph, deep RMF experience, and hands-on use of Nessus, Splunk, and Xacti tools.

You will work on defense-grade systems across multiple domains with opportunities for professional growth. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required to be considered and to start.
• 5 years of experience with Bachelors degree; 3 years with Masters; 1 year with PhD; 9 years with High School diploma
• Experience reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments that identify points of vulnerability or non-compliance
• Experience implementing the RMF process and documenting certification and accreditation artifacts
• Must have experience supporting the A&A process for system accreditation
• Hands-on experience capturing, inspecting, and analyzing network packets with tools like Wireshark
• Proficiency in querying logs, building dashboards, and investigating alerts within SIEM platforms such as Splunk, ELK Stack
• Solid understanding of OSI model, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, and firewall rule sets

Responsibilities

• Perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment and identify deviations from configurations or policy.
• Assist in certification and accreditation activities, including plan updates and MA&M artifacts.
• Support RMF processes and document A&A activities; contribute to government security testing and evaluation.
• Analyze security test results and prepare required reports for accreditation authorities.
• Document results of certification activities and update system security plans and POA&Ms.
• Monitor audits and ensure corrective actions are closed.

Skills

TS/SCI with Polygraph

RMF implementation

Network packet analysis

SIEM analysis

Vulnerability assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

High School diploma

Tools

Nessus

Rapid7

Splunk

Xacta

Wireshark

SolarWinds

ELK Stack

MS Office

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to join our diverse team of engineers, system administrators, and operators as a Principal / Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Analyst professional in Chantilly, VA. The successful candidate will be expected to support a mission critical network infrastructure, collect data for analysis, ensure maintenance and renewal of Assessment and Authorization accreditation of a suite of customer products. The work is unique, challenging and rewarding. Most of all, its work that makes a difference.

Responsibilities

Perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment or enclave and identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments. Establishes strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining certification and accreditation of systems. Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, security certification test, security documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research inspections and periodic audits. Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, DCID 6-3), make recommendations on process tailoring, participate in and document process activities. Perform analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards. Support the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) required by each government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results and preparation of required reports. Document the results of Certification and Accreditation activities and technical or coordination activity and prepare the system Security Plans and update the Plan of Actions and Milestones POA&M. Periodically conduct a complete review of each system's audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed.

Applicant needs to be familiar with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the process of accrediting a system through it as well as the nuances present in applying RMF. Applicant needs to be familiar with NIST800.53rev4, CNSS-1253, National Security Memorandum 8 (NSM-8), and the Zero Trust Architecture/Networking (ZTA/N) high-level concepts and possible implementations. Applicant should be familiar with both initial accreditation activities as well as continuous monitoring tasks and be willing to adapt to rapidly changing toolsets and controls requirements. Applicant should have familiarity with network monitoring and vulnerability detection tools such as Nessus, Rapid7, Splunk, Xacta as well as strong competency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).

Basic Qualifications For T03 Cybersecurity Analyst

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required to be considered and required to start.
• 5 years of experience with Bachelors degree; 3 years of experience with Masters degree; 1 year of experience with PhD, 9 years of experience with High School diploma
• Experience reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments that identify points of vulnerability or non-compliance
• Experience implementing the Risk Management Framework Process (RMF) and ability to support and document certification and accreditation artifacts
• Must have experience supporting the A&A process for system accreditation
• Hands on experience capturing, inspecting, and analyzing network packets using tools like Wireshark, SolarWinds, etc.
• Proficiency in querying logs, building dashboards, and investigating alerts within SIEM platforms such as Splunk, ELK Stack, etc.
• Solid understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP networking, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, and firewall rule sets.

Basic Qualifications For T04 Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Analyst

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required to be considered and required to start.
• 8 years of experience with Bachelors degree; 6 years of experience with Masters degree; 4 years of experience with PhD, 12 years of experience with High School diploma
• Experience reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments that identify points of vulnerability or non-compliance
• Experience implementing the Risk Management Framework Process (RMF) and ability to support and document certification and accreditation artifactsMust have experience supporting the A&A process for system accreditation
• Hands on experience capturing, inspecting, and analyzing network packets using tools like Wireshark, SolarWinds, etc.
• Proficiency in querying logs, building dashboards, and investigating alerts within SIEM platforms such as Splunk, ELK Stack, etc.
• Solid understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP networking, DNS, HTTP/S, VPNs, and firewall rule sets.

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CASP, or other information technology security related certifications
• Experience using Rapid 7 or Tenable Nessus applications
• Background in Technical Writing or Instructional Systems Design would be helpful
• Privileged/Power-user level of knowledge is strongly suggested in at least one of the following –
• Microsoft Windows
• Enterprise Linux variants
• Cloud computing infrastructure like AWS or Microsoft Azure

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.