Sr. Pr. Application Security Engineer DevSecOps (TS/SCI) Dulles

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering firm as a Senior Principal Application Security Engineer, where you'll lead the charge in integrating security into innovative space programs. This role is pivotal in architecting security features for ground segment subsystems, ensuring robust application security practices, and collaborating with a dedicated team to tackle complex cybersecurity challenges. Your expertise in DevSecOps will be crucial as you navigate the intricacies of cloud computing environments and secure coding standards. If you are ready to make a significant impact in the field of cybersecurity while contributing to groundbreaking space missions, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical

Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Flexible Schedules

Qualifications

• 9 years IT security experience or equivalent education.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• CISSP certification is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead application security efforts within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Ensure secure coding practices are followed by development teams.
• Oversee Cyber CDRL development and security scanning.

Skills

Application Security

Cybersecurity

Secure Coding Practices

Cloud Computing

DevSecOps

Static Code Analysis

Cyber Systems Engineering

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Fortify

SonarQube

AWS

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

This Senior Principal Application Security Engineer position is for DevSecOps on a Ground Segment-focused space program where the engineer will provide Subject Matter Expertise for a new mission. The core goal is architecting, designing, and building security features into ground segment subsystems, components, and particularly ground Mission-Unique Software. This position requires extensive experience with software security assurance, application security, secure coding best practices, establishing security quality metrics, remediation of software weaknesses, and secure deployment of application software into customer cloud computing environments. Prior knowledge and experience applying Cyber / Systems Security Engineering (Cyber/SSE) principles to complex systems in the early system development phase of the lifecycle is important. The Senior Principal position is responsible for internal technical leadership for a small team. Additionally, this security professional may coordinate activities or perform ISSM, ISSE, and ISSO roles. This engineer has primary oversight of Cyber CDRL development and Static and Dynamic security scanning of Ground Mission Unique Software. Implementing SECURITY into a DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline is part of the hands-on skills required for this position.

Additional Responsibilities for the application security lead:

• Working as a small team leader to prioritize application security requirements within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Negotiating security responsibilities with external IAAS & PAAS providers for every layer of the technology stack between hardware and application layer.
• Deep understanding of virtualization technologies with emphasis on cloud computing environments, particularly AWS and/or OpenStack. Knowledge and/or professional certifications in Cloud Security Architectures is a plus.
• Developing security-focused assessment procedures for application containers and container orchestration environments, such as Kubernetes is essential.
• Connecting systems and subsystems having different security classification levels using approved Cross Domain Solutions and/or Data Diodes. Coordinating the roles of the CDS supplier technical personnel, operational cyber staff, SCA & CDSE stakeholders is essential in fielding an approvable solution.
• Leading Cyber/SSE element technical presentations during engineering milestone reviews – SRR, PDR, CDR, and PSR in accordance with our internal, NG Cyber Systems Engineering Standards document.
• Execute Cyber/Software Security Assurance processes to include ensuring Static Code Analysis (SCA) tools (e.g. Fortify, SonarQube) are integrated into ground software development environments; triage tool findings to prioritize remediation activities; allocate low priority findings as technical debt in the SwDLC backlog.
• Defining programmatic Cyber guidance to shepherd software development scrum teams on secure coding practices, security-focused engineering trade studies, and other security best practices for our mission unique software development efforts.
• Ensuring the multi-disciplinary team are remediating security tool findings by working with software developers, systems engineers, and other engineering disciplines to resolve technical and programmatic cybersecurity concerns. A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and productively with others is an essential skill, as well as distilling and communicating technical cyber backlog (POA&Ms) to internal & external leaders.
• Understanding of Space/Ground interface control documents and security-relevant connectivity considerations at physical, electrical, and logical layers.
• Leading other Cyber/SSE personnel in the development of program CDRLs: RMF SSP including SCTM, RAR, POAMs and relevant artifacts (Incident Response Plan, Contingency Plan, ConMon Plan, as appropriate).
• Ensuring systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with security policies and procedures as outlined in the system security authorization package (SSP, RAR, SCTM, ConMon Plan).
• Championing automation efforts across all DevSecOps disciplines to routinely accomplish SCAP compliance scans, vulnerability scans, container scans, developing and running security control Verification Procedures and automating manual STIG check lists.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in STEM field with 9 years IT security (Cybersecurity) experience in support of USG, OR Masters degree with 7 years, OR a PhD with 4 years. Experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must have U.S. Citizenship, with active TS/SCI clearance at time of application.
• CISSP Certification.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes and milestones; understanding of the requirements analysis, decomposition, and allocation process.
• Must have a commitment to working on-site, inside restricted office spaces.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years Cyber/SSE experience in the Defense Aerospace Industry.
• CSSLP certification.
• Experience working within restricted program areas.
• Demonstrated engineering leadership experience participating in Systems Engineering milestone reviews, as the Application Security focal.

The Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Division is a strategic partner specializing in commercial and classified partnerships with the design, delivery, operation and sustainment of satellites and human spacecraft. We support science and space exploration through our various partnerships, including NASA’s Artemis program with the goal to return humans to the Moon in 2024 and the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) program that has discovered more than twenty confirmed planets. Recognized as an industry leader, we also develop highly specialized space and satellite components.

Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts
• Flexible Schedules (For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work)

For more details please visit our total rewards site or chat with one of our recruiters to learn more.

Link: www.northropgrumman.com/benefits

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Salary Range: $151,100.00 - $226,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.