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We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Security System Architect to secure next-generation satellite systems and support ground infrastructure. Reporting to the Senior Director, System Architecture and Release Train, you will lead the integration of cybersecurity across the product lifecycle, ensuring security is embedded from concept and design through deployment and operations.
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Champion you will work closely with Segment Domain Architects, engineering teams, and Product Cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure cybersecurity requirements are effectively incorporated into system architectures and product designs. Acting as the bridge between system architecture and cybersecurity, you will champion secure-by-design principles, assess cyber risks, and guide architectural decisions that enhance the resilience and security of space, ground, network, and cloud-based systems.
- Asystem architect with a deephands-on understanding ofdevelopmentprocesses and the ability to enhance them to easily identify security risks within the productsandremediate or mitigate the risks without compromising functionality and performance.
- For satellite, ground segment, network, and cloud-based systems, defineand maintain:
- common cybersecurity development architecture,
- assist in translating security requirements into actionable items for the development teams,
- ensure that the development teams have a consistent understanding of the required security paradigms, and can consider them at the needed development stages,
- develop guidelines on best adoption practices and design principles in response to guidance from Product Cybersecurity and Governance, Risk and Compliance teams.
- Act as a bridge between the development teamsand thecybersecurityteam. Partner with Segment Domain Architects to integrate security requirements into end-to-end system architectures and technical roadmaps.
- Lead threat modeling, security risk assessments, and architecture reviews throughout the product lifecycle.
- Evaluate vulnerabilities, support remediation efforts, and assess the effectiveness of implemented security controls.
- Implement security verification strategies and review results from penetration testing, code analysis, fuzzing, and other security assessments.
- Support Dev Sec Ops practices and integration of automated security tooling into development and CI/CD pipelines.
- Support the Operations teams in development of security monitoring, incident response, and recovery strategies for mission-critical systems.
- Support technical interactions with customers, partners, and vendors on cybersecurity-related topics.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, system architecture with proven product development experience, product security, or embedded systems security.
- Experience in aerospace, satellite communications, telecommunications, defense, or other mission-critical environments.
- Experience securing embedded, networked, and cloud-native systems.
- Certifications are considered an asset.
- Strong understanding ofvarious software systems architectures, secure communications, and cryptographic technologies.
- Experience with satellite, terminal and ground system architectures and their associated cybersecurity challenges.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST 800-53, ISO/IEC 27001, and related compliance requirements.
- Experience with security assessment tools and practices,…
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