Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 1 week ago
Sentinel - Principal Cyber Systems Engineer - 17414
United States-Utah-Roy
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$108K/yr - $162K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading defense systems company that offers opportunities to work on revolutionary systems impacting lives globally. They are seeking a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer to specialize in software integration and lab operations, responsible for planning and executing cyber testing to support system-level cyber requirements and ensuring compliance with cybersecurity standards.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Plan test procedures and execute cyber testing to support verification and validation of system level cyber requirements
Provide test data in support of validating system security requirements definition and analysis, establish system security designs, implement security designs in hardware, software, data, and procedures
Participate in team reviews of technical requirements, system designs and cyber implementation plans prior to deployment of systems, digital communications systems, network protocols, computer architectures, and computer security penetration tools and techniques
Provide test data back to the program to better the design of system under test and develop testing use cases to meet requirements and architecture model content
Support development of technical decision-making guidance to the Cybersecurity team to ensure timely, high quality product deliveries supporting flight test events geared to meet mission requirements
Ensure weapon system compliance with all contractually obligated cybersecurity standards and guidance, including but not limited to CNSSI 1253, DoD 8140, DoD 8510, and AFI 17-101
Ensure weapon system assessments are completed to meet all contractually obligated cybersecurity standards and guidance, including but not limited to RMF and cyber survivability requirements
Provide input to program milestones and metrics, adhering to cybersecurity-relevant plans and schedules
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science/Engineering, Software Development/Engineering, or related STEM degree field and 5 years of related experience; or a Master's degree and 3 years of related experience. Note: 9 years of related experience may be considered in lieu of degree
Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, a DoD Top Secret level security clearance as a condition of continued employment
Candidates must have the ability to obtain access to Special Programs as a condition of employment, maintaining Special Programs access will be a condition of employment
Must possess a DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher. (i.e. Security+ CE or equivalent)
Must have hands on experience in one of the following Cyber engineering disciplines: cybersecurity principles, security components, implementation, or testing
Experience with requirements development, derivation, and/or development of test procedures from requirements
Knowledge of types of cyber testing, i.e. penetration testing and/or areas of test planning and execution to include functional, operational, developmental, and regression testing
Preferred
Contribute to the preparation of technical reports and briefings
Experience with Atlassian products to include Confluence and JIRA to track projects and tasks
Prior hand-on cyber test experience in a DoD Cyber Developmental Test or Operational Test (DT/OT) organization i.e. (i.e., 96th Cyber Test Group, 346th Test Squadron)
Possess a Cybersecurity certification related to Red Teaming/Penetration Testing: GPEN, PNPT, CPTS, or OSCP
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase