Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer – DoD/RMF Expert

Northrop Grumman; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 122,800 - 184,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Roy, Utah site seeks a Sr Principal Cyber System Security Engineer to design and implement security architectures for defense systems, ensuring compliance with DoD, NIST, and industry standards.

The role requires US Citizenship and a Secret clearance with potential Top-Secret eligibility, plus DoD IAM II certification and hands-on cyber-security risk-management experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or higher with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 6+ years, or PhD with 4+ years.
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance at application time.
• DoD 8570 IAM Level II certification (e.g., CAP, CISSP).
• 2+ years in requirements development, system integration, test, and anti-tamper/cyber-security risk-management.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security architectures for aerospace and defense systems.
• Conduct risk assessments, threat modeling, vulnerability analyses; develop mitigations.
• Lead security certification activities (RMF, CMMC) and maintain security plans.

Skills

Security architectures design

Risk assessments

Threat modeling

Vulnerability analysis

Encryption/authentication

RMF/CMMC awareness

DoD/DoS knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Security+ certification

US Citizenship with Secret Clearance

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

CPLM

JIRA

Confluence

Fisheye

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Roy, Utah site seeks a Sr Principal Cyber System Security Engineer to design and implement security architectures for defense systems, ensuring compliance with DoD, NIST, and industry standards.

The role requires US Citizenship and a Secret clearance with potential Top-Secret eligibility, plus DoD IAM II certification and hands-on cyber-security risk-management experience.