Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

RPMGlobal; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal in the United States is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to develop requirements, analyze threats, and engineer cyber systems for combat platforms. The role supports DoD cyber assurance and policy efforts.

You will lead working groups, perform MBSE-based analyses, craft risk assessments and mitigation plans, and document cybersecurity requirements across multiple classifications. Strong communication and MS Office skills are expected.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• High school diploma with 13 years of experience.
• Current TS Clearance and SCI eligibility.
• 5 years program-specific security engineering with Navy afloat/tactical systems OR 13 years general security engineering.
• IAT Level II or Level III certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, best practices, and guidance for combat systems.
• Lead working groups to develop cybersecurity strategies to meet emerging threats.
• Perform cybersecurity system engineering design, analysis and documentation of combat systems.
• Develop risk assessment and mitigation plans for combat systems.
• Develop documentation of cybersecurity requirements, gap analysis, threat analysis, system engineering, risk assessment and mitigation for combat systems.

Skills

IAT Level II/III

TS Clearance

US Citizenship

Navy Combat Systems

Security Engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer leverages in-depth understanding and experience in cybersecurity requirements development, cyber threat analysis, cyber engineering, cyber systems architecture development and cybersecurity policy development experience. to facilitate security engineering tasks in support of the customer’s system security objectives.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, best practices, guidance and procedures applied to combat systems.
• Conduct cybersecurity related research, analysis and coordination activities in support of DOD cyber assurance.
• Lead working groups to develop cybersecurity strategies to meet emerging threats.
• Perform cybersecurity system engineering design, analysis and documentation of combat systems.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

High school diploma with a minimum of 13 years of experience.

Must possess current TS Clearance and be SCI eligible.

Requires a minimum of 5 years program specific security engineering experience working with Navy afloat/tactical combat systems or 13 years of general security engineering experience.

IAT Level II or Level III certification in accordance with DoD 8570.01 or successor.

Possess the ability:

• Develop cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, best practices, and guidance and procedures for combat systems.
• Conduct cybersecurity related research, analysis and coordination activities in support of DOD cyber assurance and policy efforts are multiple classification levels.
• Lead working groups to develop cybersecurity strategies to meet emerging threats.
• Perform analysis of cybersecurity, intelligence and information technology policy gaps for combat systems.
• Perform cybersecurity system engineering design, analysis and documentation of combat systems.
• Develop cybersecurity risk assessment analysis and risk mitigation plans for combat systems.
• Develop documentation of cybersecurity requirements, gap analysis, threat analysis, system engineering, risk assessment and mitigation for combat systems.
• Develop or use MBSE models to perform cybersecurity analysis.

Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements, policy standards, best practices, guidance and procedures applied to combat systems.

Understanding of cybersecurity, military system specifications, DoD IA policies for both Land Based and afloat/tactical systems, and the ability to communicate clearly and succinctly in written and oral presentations.

Must be proficient in the use of the MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio) and other tools to develop required system documentation.

Desired Skills:

Recent cybersecurity engineering experience.

Familiarity with Naval Combat Systems.

Bachelor’s (BS/BA) degree.