Senior Systems Security Engineer DoD & RMF Expert

RTX; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

RTX in Woburn, MA seeks a Senior Systems Security Engineer to join the SSE team onsite. Responsibilities include defining SSE requirements with customers, designing and integrating cybersecurity capabilities for National Security Systems, and ensuring RMF compliance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with program management and leadership, demanding DoD-security experience. The position requires a STEM degree with 5+ years in security engineering, and the ability to obtain a U.S.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• Experience in System Security Engineering and/or Cybersecurity Engineering and/or System Administration or IT/Network Administration.
• Experience with NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).

Responsibilities

• Interact with the customer to define SSE requirements, architecture, solutions, trade studies and vendor product analysis, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness.
• Develop, design, integrate, test, and maintain various cybersecurity capabilities for National Security Systems.
• Ensure compliance with NIST RMF controls.
• Develop top-level system requirements and flow down requirements to subsystems.
• Develop plans and estimates, task execution, project tracking, and risk mitigation plans.
• Consult and assist program management with SSE architecture and issues and deliver technical briefings to leadership.
• Define security development and test efforts and implementation of security controls of networking devices, databases, operating systems, and hardware/software components.
• Integrate cybersecurity development activities and support test and integration activities.
• Support the development of bids and proposals.

Skills

System Security Engineering

Cybersecurity Engineering

RMF/NIST

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Linux/Windows Admin

Virtualization

DoD/Defense Domain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Nessus

Splunk

QRadar

Elasticsearch

SIEM

VMware/OpenShift

Job description

RTX in Woburn, MA seeks a Senior Systems Security Engineer to join the SSE team onsite. Responsibilities include defining SSE requirements with customers, designing and integrating cybersecurity capabilities for National Security Systems, and ensuring RMF compliance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with program management and leadership, demanding DoD-security experience. The position requires a STEM degree with 5+ years in security engineering, and the ability to obtain a U.S.