Consulting Cyber Systems Engineer; Thread Lead Security Clearance

Position: Consulting Cyber Systems Engineer (Thread Lead) with Security Clearance
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Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
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Yes, 25% of the Time Description 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.

Description We are looking for you to join our Sentinel Mission Defense Team as a Thread Lead - Cybersecurity Systems Engineering based out of Roy, UT. As a Thread Lead at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using industry Systems Engineering best practices, Model-based Engineering, and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.

Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be influential, collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on enabling top tier Cyber Systems Engineering execution across all segments of the Sentinel program. What You'll Get To Do:
The Cyber Thread Lead is recognized on the Sentinel program as a subject matter expert in the domain of Cybersecurity Systems Engineering. The Thread Lead partners with the program Office of Chief Engineers to ensure the technical baseline for Cybersecurity functions is ultimately complete, verified, and validated. In this role, you will demonstrate a broad skill set balanced between interpersonal and technical capabilities, with the ability to tightly collaborate with and technically guide and advise stakeholders as required to accomplish Cybersecurity objectives for complex software and hardware airborne vehicle and ground systems.

Strong executive presence, ability to effectively influence internal and external customers, and significant gravitas are foundational to success in this role. Work location will be on-site at the Roy, Utah facility.

Job Responsibilities:

* Communicate with customer counterparts, through regular meetings and working groups, to status, receive guidance, and discuss issues related to the implementation of Cybersecurity

* Report Cybersecurity thread related status, compliances, and areas of concern to the Office of Chief Engineers;
Work with Office of Chief Engineers to develop solutions and opportunities to address Cybersecurity related issues

* Identify Cybersecurity related risks and prepare mitigation plans

* Ensure the team decomposes Weapon System Cybersecurity thread requirements to all applicable Segment specifications including requirement performance budget allocation where applicable;
Provide oversight of additional decomposition from Segment level specifications to the lowest level specifications

* Ensure the team supports Cybersecurity Requirements Analysis with the Segment IPTs

* Support the identification of requirements effectivity for IFC milestones

* Ensure the effective development of Cybersecurity Technical Performance Measure (TPM) Plans, TPM assessments, and return-to-green plans for any TPM with insufficient margin

* Ensure the identification and establishment of Cybersecurity related interface control specifications captured in the program DOORS implementation

* Required to support formal review for all verification planning and reports captured in the program Cameo implementation for levels 1 and 2 or where verification happens at a lower level

* Provide technical oversight for test plans, procedures, and test execution

* Maintain historical knowledge for each Cybersecurity related requirement through sell-off

* Ensure physical and functional architecture, captured in the program Cameo implementation, supports Cybersecurity realization

* Review and approve Cybersecurity Systems Engineering related work products at Levels 1 and 2 and provide stakeholder review at lower levels of decomposition

* Lead independent engineering reviews of Cybersecurity/integration work products

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other technical/science discipline with 16 years of relevant experience;
Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other technical/science discipline with 14 years of relevant experience;
PhD in Electrical Engineering,…