Principal / Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer

Description

You will join the Foreign Military Sales department, part of the Global Command and Control Solutions business unit, and work with engineers from many disciplines to build the company's technology.

The team moves quickly and works on systems with a long history of technical firsts, from early aviation to stealth aircraft and lunar landing.

The role can be filled at Principal Cyber Systems Engineer or Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer level.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, implement and assess security controls and policies that meet National Security Agency programs and DoD frameworks such as RMF and CMMC.
• Assess system security controls to confirm they are implemented and to find weaknesses.
• Write up certification and accreditation results and technical or coordination work, prepare system security plans, and update the POA&M.
• Review each system's audits on a regular schedule and track corrective actions until all are closed.
• Implement, automate, configure and maintain security tools, centralized authentication, IDS/IPS and compliance baselines.
• Analyze complex cyber infrastructure problems and develop or identify technical solutions for customer needs.
• Take part in team reviews of technical requirements, designs and implementation plans before deployment.
• Recommend and carry out system improvements for performance, reliability and security, including installing, upgrading, monitoring, troubleshooting and configuring.
• Act as a cyber subject matter expert, bringing deep technical and practical knowledge.
• Ensure COMSEC, EMSEC, OPSEC, digital communications systems, network protocols and architectures, and penetration tools and techniques are properly implemented.
• Continuously assess cyber control compliance for the systems you are responsible for.

Requirements

• Principal level: 5 years of experience with a bachelor's in science, 3 years with a master's, or 1 year with a PhD.
• Principal level: US citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance.
• Principal level: current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+) or higher.
• Principal level: experience explaining technical concepts and program information to others.
• Principal level: experience with threat modeling, risk assessment and secure design principles.
• Principal level: familiarity with frameworks and controls such as NIST SP 800-53, RMF and CIS Controls.
• Principal level: knowledge of network security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs), host and application security (hardening, secure coding), identity and access management, encryption and key management, and vulnerability management and security testing (scans, ST&E, pen-test coordination).
• Principal level preferred: in-depth knowledge of DoD 8500-series directives.
• Principal level preferred: system administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows.
• Principal level preferred: in-depth understanding of planning, design and implementation for a large enterprise system.
• Principal level preferred: working knowledge of NIST 800-series documents.
• Principal level preferred: experience configuring security incident and event monitoring and IDS/IPS tools such as ACAS, ESS and Splunk on Red Hat Linux and Windows.
• Principal level preferred: experience with vulnerability and compliance scanners.
• Principal level preferred: working experience deploying and configuring Linux and Windows systems to DoD STIG requirements.
• Principal level preferred: experience writing scripts to automate security processes.
• Sr. Principal level: 8 years of experience with a bachelor's in science, 6 years with a master's, or 4 years with a PhD.
• Sr. Principal level: US citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance.
• Sr. Principal level: current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+) or higher.
• Sr. Principal level: experience explaining technical concepts and program information to others.
• Sr. Principal level: deep expertise in secure architecture and design for complex, distributed or mission-critical systems.
• Sr. Principal level: deep expertise in applying NIST RMF, NIST 800-53, 800-171, CNSSI 1253 or similar frameworks.
• Sr. Principal level: deep expertise in designing and evaluating defense-in-depth across network, host, application, data and identity.
• Sr. Principal level: experience leading security architecture trade studies.
• Sr. Principal level: experience defining cyber requirements, test approaches and risk mitigations at system-of-systems level.
• Sr. Principal level: experience engaging on ATO and authorization strategy and major security reviews.
• Sr. Principal level: comfortable owning overall system architecture, not just one component.
• Sr. Principal level: proficiency in requirements decomposition and allocation, especially for cyber controls.
• Sr. Principal level: proficiency in interface design, integration strategies and end-to-end V&V planning.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: in-depth knowledge of DoD 8500-series directives.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: strong written and oral communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills for working with engineering teams, management, customers, partners and government.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: system administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: in-depth understanding of planning, design and implementation for a large enterprise system.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: working knowledge of NIST 800-series documents.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: experience configuring security incident and event monitoring and IDS/IPS tools such as ACAS, ESS and Splunk on Red Hat Linux and Windows.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: experience with vulnerability and compliance scanners.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: working experience deploying and configuring Linux and Windows systems to DoD STIG requirements.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: experience writing scripts to automate security processes.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: in-depth systems engineering knowledge, including the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Sr. Principal level preferred: experience managing stakeholder expectations, programmatic risk and customer engagement.

Conditions

The role is on-site at a company facility in Huntsville, AL.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

An active Secret clearance is required to start.

Base salary guideline: Principal level $119,600.00 to $179,400.00; Sr. Principal level $149,300.00 to $223,900.00.

Final pay depends on scope and responsibilities of the role and on the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual contribution and shares company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.