Senior Systems Security Architect – Anti-Tamper & Cybersecurity

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Rolling Meadows (IL); On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Rolling Meadows site seeks a Sr. Principal Systems Security Engineer to lead Security Engineering across anti-tamper and cybersecurity domains.

You will design, develop, test, and validate secure sensor payloads and mission security solutions for hardware and software security hardening, ensuring government policy compliance. The role requires DoD-focused Systems Engineering, strong cryptography knowledge, and the ability to work with government and program teams on exportable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or Mathematics; 8+ years of related experience; OR Master’s with 6+ years; OR PhD with 4+ years.
• Two (3) years of Systems Engineering experience with DoD platforms, sensors and/or subsystems.
• Experience with security requirements development, system security integration & testing, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate full life cycle Systems Engineering development experience in Anti-Tamper and/or Cybersecurity, including architecture design, trade studies, and verification.
• Support hardware and software Anti-Tamper and CyberSecurity techniques to protect assets and integrity.
• Ensure compliance with US Government policies (JSIG, NIST 800-53, CNSSI 1253) in secure architectures and testing.
• Conduct analyses to validate security requirements and develop additional safeguards.
• Collaborate with Government and program teams to develop Anti-Tamper/CyberSecurity solutions for international export markets.
• Utilize reverse engineering to architect and validate security solutions.
• Prepare Security Plans, POA&Ms, and technical release analyses for licensing.
• Coordinate Technology Release efforts and provide training to program personnel.
• Manage analyses for system exportability and international standards compliance.
• Support formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) activities.

Skills

Systems Engineering

DoD platforms

Requirements development

Cybersecurity

Anti-Tamper

Reverse engineering

Security testing

Cryptography

US Citizenship

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman Rolling Meadows site seeks a Sr. Principal Systems Security Engineer to lead Security Engineering across anti-tamper and cybersecurity domains.

You will design, develop, test, and validate secure sensor payloads and mission security solutions for hardware and software security hardening, ensuring government policy compliance. The role requires DoD-focused Systems Engineering, strong cryptography knowledge, and the ability to work with government and program teams on exportable