Principal Cyber Systems Engineer – Cybersecurity Engineer (25-167)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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 Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer – Cybersecurity Engineer (25-167) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position, located in Colorado Springs, CO., is crucial in our mission to support the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier globally and regionally. Networks integrate and synchronize autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

Expected to communicate and work closely with development teams, third-party assessors and system owners, information technology management, cyber peers, Program Office, technical/management staff, and other C2BMC Functional Areas to track updates, modifications, prioritization and status of the Information System Configuration Baseline.  Collaborative across the various Cross-Functional Product Teams (CFPT) and with the Operational maintenance teams. Duties may include technical documentation, assessing Configuration Compliance implementation and cybersecurity vulnerabilities to provide engineering responses for system POAMs, conducting risk analysis for Risk Acceptance Requests (RARs), and supplying Cyber support to the C2BMC program and customer meetings.

Essential Functions:

• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technology and DoD cybersecurity certification requirements, including hands-on experience in a broad range of cybersecurity operations-related functions and technologies
• Must have a working knowledge of:
  • NIST SP 800-53
  • Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations
  • DoDI 8500.1 Cybersecurity
  • Common Criteria
  • National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP)
  • Risk Management Framework (RMF) Security Controls
• Must be able to work independently, possess excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to support complex organizational relationships
• Must be familiar with the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and its importance in designing, building, and delivering high-quality software to the customer

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Cyber Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or Mathematics discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a related discipline and 3 years of experience or 9 years of related experience instead of a degree may be considered
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISS