Senior Cyber Systems Engineer — Secure Architect

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Cyber Systems Engineering team supporting the development of mission-critical defense systems.

The Principal Cyber Systems Engineer will support the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) program and work with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with program security requirements and secure deployment patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 5+ years of cyber systems experience or Master’s with 3+ years.
• Active Secret security clearance to Start.
• DoD 8140/8570 certification (e.g., Security+ CE).
• Experience managing and manipulating containers (Podman, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Provide technical analyses of cyber infrastructure challenges and problems; develop/identify technical solutions responsive to customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Perform security assessments on containerized applications; drive remediation efforts.
• Collaborate with software, systems, and security engineers to define secure architectures and deployment patterns.
• Ensure cyber survivability attributes are implemented in system designs.
• Support the security architecture and influence the security tools selection and development.

Skills

Security assessments

Container security

Linux administration

DevSecOps

Agile teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

Podman

Docker

Kubernetes

Red Hat Linux

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Cyber Systems Engineering team supporting the development of mission-critical defense systems.

The Principal Cyber Systems Engineer will support the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) program and work with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with program security requirements and secure deployment patterns.