Principal or Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Systems Engineer - R10221576

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.

Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Mission Defense Cyber Team has an opening for a Principal or Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Systems Engineer (CSSE) supporting the Sentinel program based out of Roy UT
. Other operating locations include Annapolis Junction, MD, San Antonio, TX, Redondo Beach, CA, Huntsville, AL, San Diego, CA, and Colorado Springs, CO.

• Implement and review cyber requirement decomposition, derivation, and flow down
• Implement and review traceability of cyber requirements throughout a spec tree architecture
• Support the architecture and design of baked in cybersecurity requirements and protections
• Implement and review traceability of cyber requirements to the design & its models
• Implement and review the application of cyber security profile stereotypes to a Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Architecture
• Provide cybersecurity system engineering implementation guidance and oversight to technical teams/implementers
• Review and Assess stakeholder security objectives, protection needs and concerns, security requirements, and associated verification/validation methods
• Implement, review and assess cybersecurity system requirements verification/validation methods
• Identify and/or assess vulnerabilities and susceptibility to life cycle disruptions, hazards, and threats
• Provide security considerations to inform systems engineering efforts with the objective to reduce errors, flaws, and weakness that may constitute security vulnerability leading to unacceptable asset loss and consequences
• Identify, quantify, and evaluate the costs/benefits of security functions and considerations to inform analysis of alternatives, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions
• Author, support and maintain cybersecurity program documentation & RMF package documentation:
  Cybersecurity Strategies, System Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans, Risk Assessment Report, Security Control Traceability Matrix, Plan Of Actions & Milestones, etc.
• Perform other duties and directed.

Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years, Master’s degree with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year of experience 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.
• Current IASAE II certification (CISSP preferred) in accordance with DoDI 8570 or able to obtain within six months of hire.
• Direct experience utilizing NIST 800-160 system security engineer and the system development life cycle.
• Direct experience in one or more of the following Systems Engineering activities: system requirements decomposition/derivation/flow down/traceability, architecture, high-level/detail…