Cyber Test Engineer

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As a cyber mission specialist, you understand the value of hunt-forward operations, and you know that battles are won in the gray. At Booz Allen, you can use your cyberspace experience to create solutions that will be executed on a worldwide stage. We’re looking for an experienced cyber systems engineer like you to apply your knowledge of defense systems in developing cyber resilience to impact our nation’s war fighting readiness.

In this role, you’ll be counted on to understand cyberspace capabilities to evaluate potential weaknesses as well as the effectiveness of mitigations for cybersecurity solutions. Utilizing your knowledge of cyberspace operations and systems, combined with the latest potential cyberspace threats, you will inform briefings for senior leadership aligned to fighter capability development and sustainment. You will also interact with industry leaders in advanced fighter aircraft development in creating a cyber-resilient 5th generation aircraft.

This is an opportunity to use your research and analysis abilities to assess and inform operators and senior leadership and commanders on dynamic adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures for the high-end fight. Your role will be vital in the development of cyber-resilient capabilities on various aspects of the world’s most advanced and networked aircraft fielded by a growing number of global customers and partners.

If you want to be in the fight–working shoulder to shoulder with our DoD and international partner clients‑influencing the most critical global cyber missions, this is the opportunity for you. Join us. The world can’t wait.

• 5+ years of experience analyzing cyber architecture and technical gaps, identifying solutions, and building technical roadmaps or acquisition strategies
• 3+ years of experience with cybersecurity implementation into engineering and acquisition processes for DoD aircraft, weapon systems, or cyber capabilities
• Experience developing, assessing, or implementing DoD requirements for cyber testing, including for cybersecurity vulnerability, resilience, and survivability
• Experience operating in the Cloud or on-premises to support the integration and evaluation of DoD cyber resilience compliance and Zero Trust (ZT) technologies
• Experience with Cyber Systems Engineering and Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities to maintain system authorizations
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition processes and policies and DoD cyber policies, regulations, strategies, or instructions
• Knowledge of military avionics systems, micro-electronics, components, software, design attributes, EMS, modeling and simulation, Agile SW development, and data analytics, including AI and ML
• Knowledge of Military Long Range Kill Chains and fighter operations
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

• Experience with Airworthiness certification of a military aircraft
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Experience analyzing cyber strategy and policy in a DoD acquisition program and translating higher level documents into requirements
• Ability to work effectively across all layers of the JPO organizations with minimal supervision
• Ability to resolve conflicting views and information
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communicating effectively at all levels within an organization
• Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a similar field

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;
Secret clearance is required.

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