Sr. Principle Cyber Software Engineer – 15327-1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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.

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

What you'll get to do:

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.

They will have an ability to operate in a team environment and collaborate across multiple functional areas as required to accomplish programmatic and team objectives.

The candidate will 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:

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. RedHat), hypervisor, and containerized environments as well as basic systems engineering principles and concepts.

Experience with