Sr Principal Cyber Systems Engineer - NG Space Systems

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.

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, but they’re also making history.

The Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division of Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support.

We are seeking a Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer to join our talented team in Redondo Beach, CA. The Cyber Systems Engineer will be responsible for understanding functional system requirements and deriving security controls to provide technical implementation solutions to various engineering teams in order to comply with system requirements; identify system design and operational vulnerabilities and make recommendations to address deficient areas; work with system administrators to securely configure systems per customer security standards, community best practices and benchmarks. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining the security and integrity of the system.

The Cyber Systems Engineer will be responsible for tasks including, but not limited to:

• Perform customer requirements elicitation leading to cybersecurity requirements development
• Review and assess stakeholder security objectives, protection needs and concerns, system security requirements, and associated verification methods per Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards
• Define, allocate and control Ground Segment cybersecurity requirements to satisfy RMF compliance
• Identify, quantify, and evaluate the costs/benefits of security functions and considerations to inform analysis of alternatives, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions
• Coordinate and collaborate with diverse engineering design teams to assist in managing the technical baseline
• Define, document, build plan, and manage Information Assurance (IA) or Cybersecurity engineering including security controls traceability and decomposition, security architecture and design, analysis of Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG) mapping
• Identify and/or assess vulnerabilities and susceptibility to life cycle disruptions, hazards, and threats
• Implement, review, upgrade, and document STIGs and security controls
• Create, mature, and present comprehensive and cohesive technical charts representative of the appropriate level of maturation for any given milestone meeting and demonstrate team readiness in relation to achieving the milestone entrance and exit criteria
• Identify required contractual deliverables and non-contractual documentation and drive corresponding updates to closure
• Periodically conduct system audit and develop corrective action plans to resolve audit findings
• Support the design and implementation of automated tools to configure, integrate and test, and deploy hardened environment to meet security controls
• Assist the program to gain certification of systems, drafting and updating security artifacts

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