Principal Cyber Systems Engineer; S

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Principal Cyber Systems Engineer – Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Annapolis Junction, MD.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems provides mission‑enabling solutions for global security. This role involves designing, implementing, and securing cyber systems for the Sentinel program across multiple locations.

A Cybersecurity Systems Engineer (CSSE) will implement weapon system requirements to ensure cyber survivability attributes are implemented in system designs, assess and evaluate customers’ and stakeholders’ cybersecurity requirements, decompose and refine the system’s cybersecurity requirements, guide security architecture, and influence security tool selection. The CSSE evaluates implementations to identify security risks and verify that protections are realized and integrated. The CSSE supports the definition of security governance and risk management.

• Work within the Systems Engineering Group to provide technical decisions and guidance to enable timely, high quality product deliveries and flight test events that meet mission cyber requirements
• Partner and collaborate with other program systems engineers across Integrated Product Teams to accomplish program cyber requirements and meet mission objectives
• Support the development and enhancement of launch and missile defense systems as a member of a specialized NGMS cyber systems engineering team
• Participate as part of an extended team of U.S. government, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Northrop Grumman Space, and supplier cybersecurity practitioners across multiple program locations
• Ensure weapon system compliance with all contractually obligated cybersecurity standards and guidance, including CNSSI 1253, DoD 8570, DoD 8510, and AFI 17-101
• Propose and design cyber systems architecture changes with traceability to requirements
• Provide cyber implementation guidance and oversight across technical teams
• Develop and document technical standard engineering processes and procedures as needed
• Participate in engineering reviews of technical requirements, design and implementation plans prior to development of computer systems, digital communications systems, networking devices, computer architectures
• Perform cyber‑attack surface analysis of system designs and recommend mitigations
• Participate in cybersecurity assessment activities and review assessment methods, plans, procedures, reports and security penetration test planning and execution
• Provide input to program milestones and metrics, adhering to cybersecurity‑relevant plans and schedules
• Identify problems and research technical solutions to resolve these problems
• Apply analytical and evaluative methods to issues concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of cybersecurity implementation
• Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile, Dev Sec Ops  environment
• Support program engineering review boards

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ experience, Master’s with 3 years, or PhD with 1 year in Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or 9 years’ experience in a cyber systems engineering related field in lieu of a degree
• Comprehension of systems engineering principles, theories and concepts
• Able to work semi independently with general direction from senior leadership
• Direct experience utilizing NIST 800‑160 system security engineering or the system development life cycle
• Direct experience in systems engineering activities: requirements decomposition, architecture, high‑level/detail design, implementation, integration and test, and/or verification & validation
• Direct experience supporting RMF assessment authorization artifacts to satisfy NIST SP 800‑37 requirements
• Active Secret clearance
• Must be able to obtain Top‑Secret clearance
• Must be able to obtain Special Access
• Able to obtain within six months of hire an IASAE II certification (CISSP preferred)

• IASAE level III certified (ISSEP, ISSAP)
• Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance with preference for SAP briefing on…