Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (Top Secret) Dulles

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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.

Job Description:

We are looking for an Experienced Cybersecurity Professional to join our Ground Software Integrated Product team (IPT) who will be focused on ground segment cloud infrastructure and mission application software security in 100% Agile Development and Operational environment(s).  The Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer will maintain an enhanced focus on designing, implementing, and testing secure software solutions for operational mission software applications and secure deployment and maintenance activities for operational ground systems. You will work closely with the integrated product teams to develop and decompose software security requirements, technical architectures, system designs and provide technical oversight to the organization. In addition, you will collaborate with the DevOps Engineering team to aid in implementation of secure infrastructure and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Finally, you will be responsible for maintaining the security posture of a private cloud infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities:

• Working in an Agile engineering environment, where you will lead the design, development, and/or implementation of secure systems. Continuously ensure systems are compliant with program security requirements

• Working in an Agile engineering environment, where you may assist in identifying, prioritizing, and/or guiding strategic oversight of software security requirements; to include triage of Static Code Analysis (SCA) tool findings (e.g. Fortify) and assist in prioritizing the findings as technical debt in the Software Development LifeCycle (SwDLC) backlog.

• Advising internal and external program stakeholders on cybersecurity approaches for cloud systems, security-focused engineering trade studies, and other security best practices.

• Conducting security assessments of mission software applications to include code reviews, vulnerability assessments, application security testing, while contributing to the overall security posture of the system and software architecture

• Assist in the identification, development, implementation of security tools and automation processes; to include Static and Dynamic Code Analysis, Software Dependency Scanning, Compliance and Vulnerability Scanning, Auditing & Event Monitoring Solutions (Splunk)

• Developing standard Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifacts, such as System Security Plan (SSP), Risk Assessment Report (RAR), Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM), Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms), and additional security policies and best practices for application and system security

• Experience in the system accreditation process to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO) and experience in conducting system security assessments outlined through the RMF process

• Conducting system vulnerability scanning, remediation and patch management activities on Windows and Red Hat operating systems and various COTS/GOTS applications, including those within virtualized and/or cloud environments. 

• Documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and when needed, performing software patch installation, other flaw remediation, antivirus updates, and continuous monitoring (ConMon) activities.

• Ensuring systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with security policies and procedures as outlined in the system security authorization package. 

Basic Qualifications:

Education:

Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

• Bachelor’s Degree (STEM) with 9 Years of relevant experience, Master’s Degree (STEM) with 7 years of relevant experience, or PhD (STEM) with 4 years of relevant experience. Experience can be considered in lieu of degree

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