Senior Cyber Engineer - Tactical Comms (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-09-14

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Our nation's security depends on the sacrifice of the men and women who defend our country. For them to do this effectively, they need the technology that keeps them a step ahead of their adversaries. This means providing secure yet technologically advanced equipment to our service personnel, fielded as quickly as possible. Our commitment is to do exactly that.

The Tactical Communications Systems Engineering team is seeking a Cyber Engineer who has a passion for innovation and the drive to see new technology and capability matured into fielded solutions. This role will contribute to a team that is responsible for systems and cyber security engineering tasks related to our next generation security enabled Radio Systems and Cryptographic Systems, maturing product from low TRL through program of record accreditation and factory production.

No need to be an established subject matter expert, we are looking for talented individuals that love to problem solve and have a desire to grow and gain exposure to new skills. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you're passionate about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.

What YOU will do:

• YOU will work closely with a highly motivated and dedicated team of professionals while executing cyber engineering development activities for our Radio and Crypto product line offerings, helping to provide security enabled solutions to our channel facing partners.
• YOU will have the opportunity to participate in the secure systems development lifecycle, including trade study execution, system design, requirements definition, requirements allocation, requirement traceability, systems integration, verification testing and qualification.
• YOU will contribute to the development and cadence of AGILE execution plans that are in compliance with program cost and schedule needs; understand risks and variances and assist in the development of mitigation plans; become 100% involved in the day-to-day program execution. 
• YOU will participate in and facilitate Agile team ceremonies, Agile sprint reviews, user story refinement and end of sprint product demos.

What YOU will learn:

• YOU will gain technical leadership experience, mentorship opportunities, and exposure to very influential individuals within Mission Systems that will help advance your career.
• YOU will obtain invaluable experience working with our secure processing subject matter experts in addition to security and crypto certification specialists, our customer base, and our product line crypto team, learning exactly what it takes to deliver a security hardened product in a world where cyber resiliency is critical to success.
• YOU can take flight to becoming knowledgeable in security hardened products with exposure to the variety of business and products in an ever-evolving field. We are growing, so can you!

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Experience with secure system design, requirements management, interface definition, integration, and test.
• Experience in Systems Security Engineering process development and deployment.
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Active U.S. DoD security clearance
• Any DoD 8570.01 IA certifications such as Security+, CISSP, OSCP.
• Recent and relevant experience with the secure systems engineering development process including requirements capture, design, decomposition, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience with STIGs
• Experience with the NSA Certification process.
• Experience with Risk Management Framework
• Experience using the Atlassian resource suite, specifically: Jira and Confluence

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer re