Cyber Systems Engineer - R10221663

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman s Space Systems Sector is seeking applicants for a position on the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program as a Cyber Systems Engineer for the DARC Site 1 and DARC Site 2 systems. This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO, and travel (domestic and international) may be required (10-20%).

• Establish/adhere to strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining Assessment and Authorization (A&A) of systems.
• Support program test milestones through pre-test preparations, participating in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required artifacts supporting authorization.
• Assist the program test team in identifying where cybersecurity requirements may be inhibiting mission requirements and develop/recommend solutions that balances the overall risk to the system and mission requirements.
• Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, NIST), making recommendations on process tailoring, participating in and documenting process activities.
• Perform analyses to validate established cybersecurity controls and requirements and recommend cybersecurity safeguards.
• Provide cybersecurity support to the Hardware, Software, Test, and development teams.
• Perform assessment of systems and networks within the networking environment to identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits using STIG Viewer, Evaluate-STIG/STIG Manager, etc. and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments utilizing tools such as ACAS.
• Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.

• Bachelor s degree and 2 years of experience OR Master  degree and 0 years of experience; 6 years of total experience may be considered in lieu of completed degree
• Active DoD Secret clearance required at the time of application
• Current IATII certification (or other DoD Approved 8570 Baseline) required to start.
• Security engineering skills with a thorough understanding of routing and switching, firewalls, IP, timing sources, and other cybersecurity technologies - Understanding and application of DoD/Federal cybersecurity policy (i.e., DoDI 8500.01, NIST SP 800-53, etc.).
• Thorough understanding and previous experience working in an Agile framework
• Experience with Linux

• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions (e.g. Splunk, Elastic, Log Rhythm)
• Experience with Elastic Defend or other endpoint management solutions
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Ansible, Python, Power Shell, or Bash.

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $

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…