Top Secret Cyber Systems Engineer: RMF & Networking Lead

Northrop Grumman; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel 25%

Top Secret clearance benefits

Job summary

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science in a STEM discipline or higher; multiple pathways with years of related experience.
• US Citizenship required for all positions with government clearance.
• Active DoD Top Secret security clearance and SCI eligibility.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or equivalent prior to start.
• Hands‑on cyber/security engineering for complex networked systems.
• Experience applying RMF to secure architectures and systems.
• Experience developing security controls for Microsoft and Linux systems.
• Working knowledge of IP networking (routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls).

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and implement changes in environments with RMF compliance.
• Serve as cyber systems engineer on a multidisciplinary team for secure networks.
• Review and influence network designs for security and compliance.
• Sustain enterprise scale network security services and produce engineering artifacts.
• Provide cybersecurity guidance to implementation teams and customers.
• Plan end‑to‑end testing of security designs and validate configurations.

Skills

RMF experience

IP networking

Cyber security engineering

Scripting languages

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Python

PowerShell

Ansible

Terraform

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