Shipboard Cybersecurity Engineer – Philadelphia

General Dynamics Electric Boat; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Electric Boat in Philadelphia, PA seeks a Control Systems Security Engineer to serve as a control system security consultant for the electric and propulsion plant for COLUMBIA Class test programs.

This role supports continuous monitoring and enforcement of RMF-based cybersecurity requirements, writes and delivers training, coordinates with DoD customer teams, and reviews equipment vendor software for compliance.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous monitoring and enforcement of control systems security risk assessments.
• Write and provide training to enforce control systems security compliance.
• Track requirements that are not being met and coordinate with customer teams.
• Troubleshoot shipboard and prototypic equipment; collaborate with engineers to resolve security discrepancies.
• DoD/DoN platform IT system analysis and development of security control implementation plans.

Skills

RMF familiarity

DoD SECRET clearance

Training delivery

Risk management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering or IT Cybersecurity

Master’s degree in Systems/Computer/Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

NAVSEA processes

Job description

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

Required

Qualifications

• 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

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