Principal​/Sr. Principal Cyber Software Engineer

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes. CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal/ Senior Principal Cyber Software Engineer - 15327-1. This is a dual level position supports the Sentinel program and can be located in Huntsville, AL;
Colorado Springs, CO; or Roy, UT.

• The selected candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership skills and will have a good track record as a self-motivated driven contributor who is able to develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Operate in a team environment and collaborate across multiple functional areas as required to accomplish programmatic and team objectives.
• Develop and maintain design review procedures, tools for tracking progress and action items against major milestones, incorporate lessons learned, and facilitate design reviews.
• Perform decomposition of requirements and allocating them to design teams for implementation.
• Provide systems engineering expertise to the design, integration, and testing of an enterprise level cybersecurity system.
• Participate in technical planning, system integration, verification, validation, risk, supportability, and analysis for enterprise level cybersecurity systems.
• Evaluate the design based on the Department of Defense and industry standards.
• Use model based engineering tools on a major weapon system to pioneer a new way to evaluate and analyze modern design. Implement and maintain security policies and procedures to comply with industry standards and regulations.

• You’ll Bring These Qualifications
• Level 3: 05 Years with Bachelor's degree in related field of study, 03 Years with Masters, or 1 Year with PhD, 4 additional years may be used in lieu of a degree
• Level 4: 08 Years with Bachelor’s in related field of study, 06 Years with Masters, or 04 Years with PhD, 4 additional years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
• Must be a United States citizen and have an active U.S Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• One of the following or able to get within the first 6 months upon hire:
  DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualification Program (CWQP), DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certifications (CompTIA Sec+, CompTIA CySA+, SSCP)
• Experience in the field of cybersecurity including common terms, fundamental technical elements, operating system security, network security, and software security.
• Experience with system vulnerability management and security implementation as well as direct experience with DoD Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities, security processes, and documentation/reporting using RMF, NIST, or CNSSI guidance as required.
• Must possess familiarity/knowledge of both Windows and UNIX based platforms (e.g. Red Hat), hypervisor, and containerized environments as well as basic systems engineering principles and concepts.
• Experience with compliance and vulnerability reporting tools (Nessus, Nexpose, SCAP, ACAS, Nmap, SAST, DAST).

• Current/active Top-Secret clearance
• Direct experience developing RMF assessment and authorization artifacts in accordance with NIST SP 800-37.
• Experience modeling and analyzing cybersecurity threats using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• DoD 8570 certification for IASAE II/III (CompTIA Security
  
  X (CASP), CISSP, CSSLP).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Experience with SIEM and SOAR tools (Splunk, Splunk SOAR, Elastic, Swimlane Turbine).
• Experience with development, review and approval methods to monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts.

• Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $
• Secondary Level Salary Range: $ - $
• 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…