Northrop Grumman is a company dedicated to advancing technology and providing solutions to major challenges. They are seeking a Systems Security Engineer to support the Sentinel (GBSD) program, focusing on hardware assurance and security threat assessments. The role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure system security and compliance with established standards.
Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified mission-critical functions and critical components
Support courses of action based on knowledge and experience, initiative, guidance, and established regulations and policies
Research, analyze data, and derive facts per identified vulnerabilities
Participate in a variety of working groups and customer meetings; ensure communication of risk environment with stakeholders
Contributes to program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones to for Hardware Assurance
Review technical security assessments of SSE environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established standards and regulations and recommended mitigation strategies
Execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments
Ensure the architecture and design of systems are functional and secure; support the design, development, implementation, and integration of security systems and system components
Self-starters compelled to take action in the workplace without requiring prompting from supervisors
Support MDT with other duties as assigned
In addition to technical skills, you will be a self-starter with strong time management skills. Your organizational skills and ability to anticipate future challenges will serve you well
Qualification
Required
Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
Requires a bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience; or a master’s degree with 1 year
Minimum 2 years of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs
Minimum 2 years in showing the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
Experience in any of the full product life cycles of: ASIC Design, FPGA Design
Experience in HDL (VHDL/Verilog), implementing designs using RTL
Ability to show self as team player, able to multi-task, able to generate quality work products independently, able to make excellent judgement and show interpersonal skills
Preferred
Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar
ICBM Experience
Experience developing Systems Security Engineering requirements for hardware and software assurance
Evaluating program processes and compliance strategies for large, complex multi-site programs
Demonstrated experience and familiarity with vulnerability management
Experience with Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools
A solid understanding of Program Protection applicable to US Government Defense Programs and applied knowledge in the application of SSE principles across a broad spectrum of security measures (Cybersecurity, Counterfeit Awareness, Anti-Tamper, HW/SW Assurance, OPSEC, etc.) to protect critical program information (CPI)
