Sentinel Information Assurance/Principle Information Assurance Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems – Sentinel (GBSD) Systems Security Engineering (SSE) Team is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Information Assurance Engineer (Level 2) / Principal Information Assurance Engineer (Level 3) for Program Protection and Supply Chain Risk Management. You will be responsible for performing system security threat assessments and risk mitigation for the overall program, supply chain elements, processes, and actors and provide results. This position will be located in Huntsville, Alabama and may offer a competitive relocation package.

Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

• Designs and implements information assurance and security engineering systems with requirements of business continuity, operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, internal counter-espionage (insider threat detection and mitigation), physical security analysis (including facilities analysis, and security management).
• Establishes and implements system security designs; additionally, you will assess and mitigate system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Validates system security requirements definition and analysis. Verifies security requirements; performs system certification and accreditation planning and testing and liaison activities.
• Execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments.
• Self-starters compelled to act in the workplace without requiring prompting from supervisors.
• Support MDT with other duties as assigned.
• Travel: 10%

In addition to technical skills, you will be a self-starter with strong time management skills. Your organizational skills and ability to anticipate future challenges will serve you well.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

             

For Level 2 Information Assurance Engineer

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university and 2 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 0 years of experience with Master's degree.
• Minimum 1 year experience applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense and/or US Military Programs.
• Minimum 1 year experience with any of the following: operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, internal counter-espionage (insider threat detection and mitigation), physical security analysis (including facilities analysis, and security management).
• Minimum 1 year experience researching, interpreting, and developing mitigations for threats and vulnerabilities.
• Minimum 1 year experience showing the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.

For Level 3 Principal Information Assurance Engineer

• 5 years of related experience with Bachelor's degree, 3 years of related experience with Master's degree, or 1 year of related experience with PhD.
• Minimum 3 years of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense and/or US Military Programs.
• Minimum 3 years ofexperience with any of the following: operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, internal counter-espionage (insider threat detection and mitigation), physical security analysis (including facilities analysis, and security management).
• Minimum 3 years in researching, interpr