Cyber Systems Engineer - level 2 (26-173)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration offers an excellent opportunity for a Cyber Systems Engineer – A&A Cyber Engineer (26-173) to join our team of talented and diverse professionals. Located in Colorado Springs, CO, this role is essential for supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels.

 

This position does not provide relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options.

 

Position Overview:

 

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a vital component of the Missile Defense System. It serves as an essential operational tool that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to plan ballistic missile defense operations systematically, monitor the battle collectively, and dynamically manage networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals. C2BMC supports layered missile defense capabilities that deliver an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It functions as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations at both global and regional scales to improve performance. C2BMC is critical for all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of missile defense systems.

 

The successful candidate will be expected to communicate and collaborate closely with C2BMC Operational ISSOs to directly support the operational eMASS packages managed by the A&A team. Additionally, a qualified candidate must collaborate closely with system owners, cyber peers, program office technical and management staff, and other C2BMC functional areas to ensure the C2BMC fielded system achieves and maintains the proper authorization for connection, testing, and operational purposes.

 

Essential Functions:

 

• Assist with Cyber Products analysis, vulnerability mitigation, and POA&M management to help the team successfully deliver eMASS packages, ports, protocols, and services (PPS) according to contract schedules

• The primary focus for the qualified candidate will include rotating and combining technical documentation, surge support for authorization packages in eMASS, assessing vulnerabilities, engineering responses for system POA&Ms, proposal support, and conducting risk analysis for Risk Acceptance Requests (RARs)

 

Basic Qualifications:

 

Please list your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 2 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 0 years of relevant work experience; or 6 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree

• Applicants must have a current, active DoD 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher (such as Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, etc.) at the time of application, which is required to start. The candidate is responsible for maintaining their DoD 8140 certification throughout the entire contract period

• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start

• Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity capabilities such as patch management, multi-factor authentication, ho