Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Discretionary bonus

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks an experienced Cyber Systems Engineer to support RMF and cybersecurity across the program. The role requires TS/SCI clearance and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement secure architectures.

Responsibilities include guiding system security, risk management, and documentation using RMF artifacts. Travel may be required; relocation assistance may apply.

Qualifications

• Requires an active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to sit for a polygraph.
• Experience with RMF (NIST 800-37) documentation and assessment.
• Experience with security engineering for cross-domain solutions and DoD/IC requirements.
• Certification: Security+ or CISSP preferred; strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement baked-in cybersecurity requirements and protections in system designs.
• Provide cybersecurity system engineering guidance to technical teams/implementers.
• Review stakeholder security objectives, protection needs, and verification methods.
• Inform systems engineering with security considerations to reduce errors and weaknesses.
• Quantify costs/benefits of security functions to inform trade-offs and risk decisions.
• Author and maintain RMF artifacts and related cybersecurity documentation.
• Apply CSSE responsibilities to Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) and other areas as needed.

Skills

Written and oral communication

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Agile execution

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

DOORS

CAMEO

DevSecOps tools

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking an experienced Cyber Systems Engineer supporting our Advanced Tactical Missions Business Unit (BU) to support a program out of our Linthicum, MD, Fairfax, VA or Morrisville, NC locations.

A Cyber Systems Engineer ensures cyber protection needs are implemented in system designs as it assesses/evaluates the customers’/stakeholders’ cybersecurity requirements to decompose, derive, and refine the system’s cybersecurity requirements at all levels to drive the built-in cybersecurity protections to the architecture and design. The CSSE also guides/supports the security layout / architecture and influences the security tools selection and development. The CSSE evaluates/assesses the proposed and realized implementations to identify security risks, attack surface, and verify the cybersecurity protections from the design are realized and integrated. The CSSE guides/supports the development of verification efforts to ensure the cybersecurity protections / capabilities are functional, effective, and complete. A CSSE supports the definition of security governance, and risk management.

As a Cyber Systems Engineer on this team, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Support the architecture and design of baked-in cybersecurity requirements and protections

• Provide cybersecurity system engineering implementation guidance and oversight to technical teams/implementers

• Review and Assess stakeholder security objectives, protection needs and concerns, security requirements, and associated verification/validation methods

• Provide security considerations to inform systems engineering efforts with the objective of reducing errors, flaws, and weaknesses that may constitute security vulnerability leading to unacceptable asset loss and consequences

• Identify, quantify, and evaluate the costs/benefits of security functions and considerations to inform analysis of alternatives, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions

• Author, support and maintain cybersecurity program documentation & RMF package documentation: Cybersecurity Strategies, System Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans, Risk Assessment Report, Security Control Traceability Matrix, Plan of Actions & Milestones, etc.

• Apply the above CSSE responsibilities to Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) and, where required, to other specific technical areas of the system

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD

• Requires an active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance current and within scope at time of application must have willingness to sit for a polygraph

• Direct experience developing RMF assessment and authorization documentation

• Experience of RMF (NIST 800-37) accreditation functions, including documentation, scanning, assessment, Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) management, and all steps of the RMF process

• Direct experience assessing the ProgramNulls system security posture in compliance with customer requirements and directives.

• Experience with requirements development from control listings

• Experience with integrating Cyber Systems Engineering requirements with Program System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) initiatives

• Experience of adjusting commercial security methodologies and technologies within sensitive and proprietary customer environments in accordance with NIST 800-53

• Apply analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of Cybersecurity implementation

• Direct experience of strong written and oral communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills both with internal teams, internal management and external customers

• Experience of Department of War (DoW)/Intelligence Community (IC) System Security Engineering activities

• Possession of Security+ Certification or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification

• Experience working in an Agile execution framework

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with an adjudicated polygraph

• Expertise with all aspects of Systems Security Engineering as defined in NIST SP 800-160

• System security architecture experience

• Experience in configuring and deploying Cross Domain Solutions (CDS)

• Experience working with DOORS and CAMEO

• Security related tool suites in DevSecOps pipelines

• Experience in Communications Security (COMSEC)

• Experience working on a multidisciplinary team and developing technical proposals.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

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.

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.

Job Category: Information Technology