Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer - Philadelphia

General Dynamics Electric Boat; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Philadelphia, PA is seeking a Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer to join the Electrical System Software and Cybersecurity team. The role focuses on control systems security for the Columbia Class test programs and ensuring compliance with RMF and NAVSEA requirements.

Responsibilities include troubleshooting shipboard equipment, delivering training on cyber risk and IT access, collaborating with engineers, and supporting security assessments and system

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity.
• Active Final DoD SECRET clearance.
• 5-10 years of relevant system engineering and/or engineering experience.
• Experience with risk management framework (RMF).

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot shipboard and prototypic equipment.
• Train operations, test, and engineering personnel on control systems security and IT access.
• Collaborate with component engineers to resolve security discrepancies and IT issues.
• DoD/DoN platform IT system analysis and security control implementation plans.
• Design, implement, operate and maintain computing systems per NAVSEA processes.

Skills

RMF

Cybersecurity

Control systems

Training

Risk assessment

Education

BS in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity

MS in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer - Philadelphia

Overview

Department 425, Electrical System Software and Cybersecurity - Shipboard Cybersecurity team, is seeking a Control Systems Security Engineer. The primary responsibility of this position is to serve as a control system security consultant for the electric and propulsion plant for COLUMBIA Class test programs. This position is located at our Philadelphia, PA site.

Our team members exemplify Electric Boat's core values:

• Value each other
• Behave with integrity and purpose
• Commit to excellence

Experience and Knowledge

The role of the control systems security engineer is to support continuous monitoring and enforcement of control systems security risk assessments. This includes following and writing processes for continuous improvement and operation. This also includes writing and providing training to enforce control systems security compliance. The objective is to ensure that cybersecurity requirements are implemented and validated and track requirements that are not being met. Related responsibilities include equipment research, project management, risk management, preparing presentations, and participating in customer meetings.

Control System Security Engineers on our team typically perform the following types of work:

• Troubleshooting various pieces of shipboard and prototypic equipment
• Training of operations, test, and engineering personnel on control systems security and IT component access
• Work in close collaboration with component engineers to resolve control systems security discrepancies and IT system issues
• DoD/DoN platform information technology system analysis, development of security control implementation plans, system certification and continuous monitoring
• Design, implementation, operation and maintenance of sensitive unclassified and classified computing systems in accordance with NAVSEA processes
• Review of equipment vendor software deliverables to evaluate compliance with cybersecurity requirements

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Systems, Computer, Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity
• 5-10 years of relevant system engineering and/or engineering experience
• Experience with risk management framework (RMF)
• Active Final DoD SECRET clearance

Preferred

• Master's degree in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical degree
• 2-5 years of IT troubleshooting including advanced networking, firewalls, group policy, and auditing
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), or equivalent certification
• Understanding of NIST 800-53 security controls
• US Navy submarine service
• Experience in security of control systems