Principal Cybersecurity Engineer- TSSCI Required (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-09-23

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX234: Richardson 1717 CityLine 1717 East CityLine Drive Building C17, Richardson, TX, 75082 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve a customer’s toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer to support the Cross-Domain Enterprise All-Source User Repository (CENTAUR) program. This is a prime contract supporting the submittal of DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifacts for operational Authority to Operate (ATO), factory accreditation, and product deployment. Our cyber team provides guidance and support to hardware, software, and infrastructure teams and executes technical tasks in a fast-paced and challenging cybersecurity environment. Selected candidate will have experience in integration, testing, and requirements development and must be self-motivated and capable of working independently.

This position is located in Richardson, TX and requires a current/active TS/SCI clearance prior to the start date.

What You Will Do

• Lead cybersecurity efforts (i.e., artifact development, implementation of security controls and requirements, mitigation tracking, and controls validation) necessary to lead to successful Authority to Operate (ATO) for system. 

• Collaborate closely with the program team, engaging engineers from systems, software, cybersecurity, and infrastructure to ensure the product delivery to the customer and end users is done with minimal impact to the operational execution

• Work on program sustainment and modernization efforts spanning the product lifecycle, including customer engagement, requirements definition, software/hardware development & integration, as system test & validation as well as deployment & maintenance.

• Perform system administration and framework duties to ensure proper operation of the product at factory and assist as needed for deployed systems.

• Plan, guide, test, and document security implementations. Evaluate and monitor Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) and Government off the Shelf (GOTS) systems, applications, and services against our current architecture, RMF requirements, and application requirements.

• Participate in peer reviews, maintain test environments & coverage, provide feedback for product improvements, and ensure consistency in quality and performance.

• Form strong relationships with United States Government (USG) customers, subcontractors, and other Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads to facilitate effective communications and shape the security baseline of the system.

• Ensure tasks are completed on schedule and within budget. 

• Estimated 20% travel, CONUS and OCONUS, to support customer meetings and cyber events. 

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Cybersecurity accreditation experience.

• Experience with Linux and Windows administration and hardening.

• Network Switch configuration experience.

• Experience with VMWare VCSA/vCenter/ESXi host administration, load balancing & optimization.

• Experience with Ansible, NAS/SAN, backup/recovery, and Agile methodologies.

• Knowledge of Host Based Security System (HBSS) / Endpoint Security Services (ESS), Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) / Tenable Security Center, and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). 

• DoD 8140 certification in compliance with DoDM 8140.03M IAT Level III and IAM Level III Certified (e.g., ISC2 CISSP).

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.

• Active and transferable U.S. government DoD issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date.

• U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Knowledgeable in Cross Domain Solution deployment.

• Ability to document & understand physical and wiring of system/network.

• Experience with Atlassian/Jira toolset for task management.

• Experience