Manager Cyber Systems Engineering 1

Description

The company's Mission Systems unit is hiring a Cyber Systems Engineering Manager 1 in Annapolis Junction, MD.

This is a dual role that combines leading people with hands-on technical work. The team may support several programs, projects and initiatives.

The team works on launch and missile defense systems across land, sea, air, space and cyberspace.

Responsibilities

• Manage individual contributors.
• Make sure the team has a clear purpose and clearly defined roles.
• Share information with staff promptly so they stay productive and engaged.
• Give direct feedback on each team member's performance and potential.
• Find and grow talent, forecast staffing and workload, and arrange specific staffing needs.
• Support inclusion, engagement, mentoring and career growth, take part in recruiting and interviews, identify rotation options and handle performance management.
• Confirm that discipline team members meet the technical requirements of the programs they support.
• Work with Program Management to finish projects on schedule and within budget.
• Hold a technical performance role on one classified program at Annapolis Junction that takes at least 80% of your time. The scope is mid-level systems engineering, which may include:
• Guide the Systems Engineering Group with technical decisions so deliveries and flight tests meet mission cyber requirements.
• Coordinate with other program systems engineers across Integrated Product Teams to meet cyber requirements and mission goals.
• Join a specialized cyber systems engineering team that supports launch and missile defense systems.
• Work within an extended team of US government staff, company units and cybersecurity suppliers across several program sites.
• Confirm that the weapon system complies with all contracted cybersecurity standards and guidance, among them CNSSI 1253, DoD 8570, DoD 8510 and AFI 17-101.
• Propose and design cyber architecture changes that trace back to requirements.
• Provide cyber implementation direction and oversight to technical teams.
• Write and maintain standard engineering processes and procedures as needed.
• Review technical requirements, designs and implementation plans before work begins on computer systems, digital communications, networking devices and computer architectures.
• Analyze cyber attack surfaces in system designs and recommend ways to reduce risk.
• Take part in cybersecurity assessments, reviewing methods, plans, procedures, reports and penetration test planning and execution.
• Contribute inputs to program milestones and metrics that align with cybersecurity plans and schedules.
• Identify problems, research technical solutions and evaluate how effective cyber security implementation is.
• Solve complex cross-discipline problems in an Agile, DevSecOps environment.
• Support program engineering review boards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years, Master's degree with 3 years, or PhD with 2 years of experience in systems engineering, cybersecurity engineering, computer engineering or computer science; or 9 years of experience in cyber systems engineering related fields with no degree.
• Understand systems engineering principles, theories and concepts.
• Have led multi-discipline engineering teams.
• Show proven leadership as both a people leader and a technical leader, and work well in collaborative teams.
• Have regular contact with internal staff and customer representatives at various management levels.
• Work semi-independently under general direction from senior leadership.
• Have direct experience with NIST 800-160 and/or the system development life cycle.
• Have direct experience in at least one of: requirements decomposition, derivation, flow down or traceability; architecture; high-level or detail design; implementation; integration and test; verification and validation.
• Have direct experience supporting RMF assessment and authorization artifacts that meet NIST SP 800-37.
• Hold an active Secret clearance.
• Must be able to obtain a Top Secret clearance; timing depends on the timeline set by the company.
• Must be able to obtain Special Access to the program; timing depends on the timeline set by the company.
• Obtain an IASAE II certification (CISSP preferred) within six months of hire, per DoDI 8570/8140.
• Preferred: previous functional management experience.
• Preferred: experience across all aspects of engineering processes.
• Preferred: excellent written and oral communication, negotiation, coordination and interpersonal skills.
• Preferred: proven collaboration with program managers and customer representatives to meet program objectives.
• Preferred: experience managing and directing work under Agile and DevSecOps process models.
• Preferred: proven success analyzing, estimating and implementing solutions to complex problems across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Preferred: ability to calmly negotiate hard program requirements, strategies and conflicting constraints among a large, diverse group of stakeholders.
• Preferred: familiarity with Agile methodologies.
• Preferred: master's degree in a relevant technical or management specialty.
• Preferred: IASAE III certification (ISSEP or ISSAP) per DoDI 8570/8140.
• Preferred: active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Preferred: software assurance experience.
• Preferred: expertise with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) and tools such as Cameo.
• Preferred: expertise with requirement management tools such as IBM DOORs.
• Preferred: knowledge of cyber security systems engineering practices, network technologies, DoD system development life cycles and methodologies, and IT infrastructure management, monitoring and applications.
• Preferred: expertise with containerized software systems per the DoD DevSecOps Reference Design.
• Preferred: experience innovating cybersecurity accreditation processes in a multi-certification context (Cyber, Nuclear Surety, etc.) within a Digital Engineering Environment.
• Preferred: experience authoring and maintaining program authorization documents such as Cybersecurity Strategies, System Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans and Security Assessment Plans.
• Preferred: systems engineering experience planning, designing, implementing, testing and delivering a system with Cyber or Information Assurance requirements.

Conditions

The role is on site every day in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Travel is expected at about 10% of the time.

No relocation assistance is available.

An active Secret clearance is required at the start.

The salary range is a general guideline. Base pay depends on factors such as the scope of the role and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Primary level salary range: $133,000.00 - $199,600.00.

Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package with the flexibility to choose the options that suit you and your family.
• Health plan, health insurance, life and disability insurance, and a savings plan.
• Paid time off for vacation and personal business, plus company paid holidays.
• Education assistance, training and development, and a 9/80 work schedule where available.
• An annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual contributions and shares company results.
• Long Term Incentives for Vice President and Director positions.