Cyber Systems Engineer - Level 4 - R10216239

Cyber Systems Engineer – Level 4

Location:

Chandler, AZ.

Relocation assistance:
Not available.

Clearance type:
None. Travel:
No.

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.

• Serve as the technical authority for System Security Engineering (SSE), (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Cybersecurity, Exportability, and Program Protection across a major missile/weapon program. Develop overarching security architecture, strategy, and implementation roadmap.
• Lead the identification and classification of Critical Program Information (CPI), perform advanced threat and vulnerability assessments, and define risk acceptance criteria and trade‑offs balancing security, cost, performance, and schedule.
• Author, review, and approve key security program artifacts:
  Program Protection Plan (PPP), System Security Plan (SSP), Security Classification Guide (SCG), AT Plan, Exportability Assessment, supply‑chain risk assessments, and other compliance/regulatory documentation.
• Oversee implementation of security controls (hardware, firmware, software, supply chain, physical, personnel, industrial security) across the system development life cycle (design, integration, production, sustainment). Ensure countermeasures are effective and compliance with DoD and NIST guidance (e.g., NIST SP 800‑160, RMF, DoD AT policies).
• Lead Verification & Validation (V&V), security testing, and certification/authorization processes, including risk acceptance documentation, and periodic security reviews.
• Serve as mentor and technical leader across SSE, AT, and Cybersecurity teams; provide guidance, training, and oversight to mid‑ and junior‑level engineers. Interface regularly with program management, system engineers, leadership, and customer stakeholders to communicate security posture, risk, and mitigation strategy.

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience;
  Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience
• Demonstrated experience with Anti‑Tamper design and implementation for protection of CPI on classified DoD programs; deep working knowledge of DoD and NIST processes/frameworks (e.g., DoD AT policy, NIST SP 800‑160, RMF, etc.).
• Proven track record of leading security architecture for embedded weapon systems, overseeing risk assessments, countermeasure design, security documentation creation, and evaluation of hardware/firmware/software components for compliance and secure operation.
• Must have ability to obtain DoD Secret (or higher) clearance
• U.S. citizenship
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross‑discipline collaboration skills; ability to interface with senior management, program leads, customers, and multi‑discipline engineering teams.

• Prior experience authoring and leading Program Protection Plans, Security Classification Guides, AT Plans, Exportability Assessments, Supply Chain Risk Management, and other program‑level security documents.
• Demonstrated success delivering security for complex embedded/missile/weapon systems across full lifecycle, including involvement in certification/authorization and compliance audits.
• In‑depth knowledge of threat‑modeling methodologies, adversary capabilities, hardware/firmware reverse‑engineering countermeasures, hardware‑assurance and tamper‑resistance technologies, and security validation (V&V) processes.
• Prior experience in mentoring teams, guiding SSE/AT strategy, and leading…