Staff Cyber Systems Engineer (TS) - Space Systems (Dulles VA) at Northrop Grumman
Dulles, VA 20101
About the Job
Requisition ID: R
Additional Responsibilities:
Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical
Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Flexible Schedules (For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work)
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NGFeaturedJobs
Space System
NoVASpace
DIVSE
MMIC
NGIS-SSEngineering
ESCSO
NGCIMSMD
Cyber
InformationSecurity
Salary Range: $181,400 - $272,200
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
- Category: Information Technology
- Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Top Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: Days (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available: 2
Additional Responsibilities:
- Working as a programmatic lead in a structured engineering environment, where the Cyber Lead may supervise and prioritize security requirements; identify driving requirements from Cyber Survivability/Resilience, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and/or System/Technical Requirements Document (SRD or TRD); and allocate Cyber/SSE requirements to segment/subsystem/component specifications.
- Leading Cyber/SSE element technical presentations during engineering milestone reviews - SRR, PDR, CDR, and PSR in accordance with our internal, NG Cyber Systems Engineering Standards document.
- As the Cyber/SSE thread-lead, project management experience is crucial, to include experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) within large programs required to use Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
- Supervise C/SSA processes to include ensuring Static Code Analysis (SCA) tool(s) (e.g. Fortify) are integrated into ground software development environments; triage tools findings to prioritize remediation activities; allocate low priority findings as technical debt in the SwDLC backlog.
- Defining programmatic Cyber guidance to shepherd software development scrum teams on secure coding practices, security-focused engineering trade studies, and other security best practices for our mission unique software development efforts.
- Ensuring the multi-disciplinary team are remediating security tool findings by working with software developers, systems engineers, and other engineering disciplines to resolve technical and programmatic cybersecurity concerns. A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and productively with others is an essential skill, as well as distilling and communicating technical cyber backlog (POA&Ms) to internal & external leaders.
- Understanding of Space/Ground interface control documents and security-relevant connectivity considerations at physical, electrical, and logical layers.
- Mastery of RED/BLACK boundary definition, TEMPEST considerations, Crypto units, Cross Domain Solutions, and Controlled Interfaces within space systems.
- Leading other Cyber/SSE personnel in the development of program CDRLs:
- RMF SSP including SCTM, RAR, POAMs and relevant artifacts (Incident Response Plan, Contingency Plan, ConMon Plan, as appropriate).
- Key & Certificate Management Plan (KCMP)
- Program Protection Implementation Plan (PPIP) and Cybersecurity Strategy.
- Ensuring systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with security policies and procedures as outlined in the system security authorization package (SSP, RAR, SCTM, ConMon Plan).
- Championing automation efforts across all DevSecOps disciplines to routinely accomplish SCAP SCANs, developing and running NIST 800-53a Verification Procedures and automating manual STIG check lists.
- 14 years in a Bachelors Degree in STEM field; OR 12 years with a Masters; OR 9 years with a PhD. Experience can be considered in lieu of degree
- 14 years IT security (Cybersecurity) experience in support of USG
- 9 years technical leadership experience
- Must have U.S. Citizenship, with active TS/SCI clearance
- CISSP Certification
- Familiarity with Systems Engineering processes and milestones; understanding of the requirements analysis, decomposition, and allocation process.
- Must Have a Commitment to working on-site.
- 15 years Cyber/SSE experience in the Defense Aerospace Industry
- 5 years experience working within restricted program areas
- Formal EVMS project management training with CAM experience
- Demonstrated engineering leadership experience participating in Systems Engineering milestone reviews, as the cybersecurity focal
Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical
Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Flexible Schedules (For example the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work)
For more details please visit our total rewards site or chat with one of our recruiters to learn more.
Link:
Tags
NGFeaturedJobs
Space System
NoVASpace
DIVSE
MMIC
NGIS-SSEngineering
ESCSO
NGCIMSMD
Cyber
InformationSecurity
Salary Range: $181,400 - $272,200
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.