Principal Cyber Security Analyst

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

Do you want to be a part of a national security mission that supports the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS)?  Mission Support and Test Services LLC (MSTS) is seeking a full-time Principal Cyber Security Analyst to work as part of a multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide Cyber and Operational Technology (OT) security to the (NNSS) and its associated facilities.  The Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA) Program is looking for a highly motivated Principal Cyber Security Analyst to collaborate in assessments of current Cyber and OT systems at the NNSS to identify any vulnerability and provide recommendations for improvement.  This work will include the design, development, testing, and fielding of hardware/software tools to identify and mitigate Cyber and OT system vulnerabilities. The NNSS NEA program collaborates with other NEA Programs across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE)to develop best practices and tools to expedite Cyber and OT security across the NSE. Do you want to be a part of a national security mission that supports the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS)?  Mission Support and Test Services LLC (MSTS) is seeking a full-time Principal Cyber Security Analyst to work as part of a multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide Cyber and Operational Technology (OT) security to the (NNSS) and its associated facilities.  The Nuclear Enterprise Assurance (NEA) Program is looking for a highly motivated Principal Cyber Security Analyst to collaborate in assessments of current Cyber and OT systems at the NNSS to identify any vulnerability and provide recommendations for improvement.  This work will include the design, development, testing, and fielding of hardware/software tools to identify and mitigate Cyber and OT system vulnerabilities. The NNSS NEA program collaborates with other NEA Programs across the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE)to develop best practices and tools to expedite Cyber and OT security across the NSE.

This Principal Cyber Security Analyst will report primarily to NEA Program leadership.  The Principal Cyber Security Analyst will oversee all technical aspects of NEA projects, including Risk Discovery and Management Recommendations, Operational Technology Assurance Assessments, NEA OT Laboratory Development and Management, and mentoring all members supporting NEA projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and supervises NEA Technical work as it relates to risk discovery and mitigations, network and systems engineering.
• Serves as a consultant to program and project management, technical personnel, and customers along with the community.
• Develop strategies for meeting customer needs. 
• Knowledge of computer science, operational technology, and cybersecurity and able to educate others through in-person teaching.
• Maintains technical knowledge of, and follows industry trends for, automation equipment, hardware, and operating system and application software.
• Participate in selecting consultants and providers of knowledge needed and monitors their work.
• Supports and ensures implementation of all NEA directives; provides leadership and motivates staff; and may be designated to act in the capacity of a Supervisor of Manager in their absence, as necessary.
• Independently plans and executes risk and vulnerability assessments and identifies tools to enable and improve those assessments, guided by established guidance, objectives, budgets, and schedules. 
• Submits justifications for ad