Senior Principal Cyber Protection

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals conducting cybersecurity test activities in San Antonio, TX.

In this role, the Senior Cybersecurity Test Engineer assesses and tests system cybersecurity requirements, system security architecture, and system security layout. The candidate will operate in a team environment and collaborate across the organization (as required) to accomplish team goals by coordinating with customers and other testing organizations.

Duties will include but are not limited to guiding, scheduling, planning, executing, and reporting cyber test activities to develop artifacts in support of authorization packages. The Senior Cybersecurity Test Engineer will perform cyber-attack path analysis of system architectures and is responsible for the security governance, risk management, and compliance of a system while it is under test for the customer. Periodic travel to operational or development sites is anticipated to perform & support cyber test activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Perform cyber testing, verification, and validation

• Validate 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, designs and implementation plans prior to deployment of systems, digital communications systems, network protocols, computer architectures, and computer security penetration tools and techniques

• Provide cyber security implementation guidance to technical design teams 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

• Solve complex problems across disciplines in an Agile environment

• Support training and mentoring of junior cyber testers

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science/Engineering, Software Development/Engineering, or related STEM degree field and 8 years of related experience; Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science/Engineering, Software Development/Engineering, or related STEM degree with 6 years of related experience; PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science/Engineering, Software Development/Engineering, or related STEM degree and 4 years of related experience. Will consider 12 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement.

• Prior hands-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) or as an Offensive Cyber Operator (Red Team, CNO, CNE, or OCO)).

• Experience conducting network or software vulnerability assessments and penetration testing utilizing reverse engineering techniques.

• Must possess or be able to obtain DoD 8570 Certification for IAT Level II or higher within six (6) months

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• A current/active DoD Top Secret Security Clearance

• The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret w/ SCI clearance is required.

• The ability to obtain and maintain SAP is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess a Cybersecurity certification related to Red Teaming/Penetration Testing: GPEN, GXPN or OSC; or related to Cyber Testing: International Software Test Qualification Board (ISTQB) Certified Tester Foundational Level (CTFL) certification

• DoD Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP) "Test & Evaluation" Certification, Level 1 or higher.

• Experience performing or participating in cyber test and assessment activities as defined in the DoD Cyber Test & Evaluation Guidebook and/or prior Penetration-Testing experience

• Experience using cybersecurity analysis tools, as well as a basic understanding of ethical hacking processes and techniques.

• Experience across the areas of test planning and execution for functional, operational, developmental, regression and/or penetration testing.

• Experience supporting the RMF accreditation process via cyber test activities.

• Experience working or supporting efforts following an Agile process model.

• Experience authoring and maintaining critical program documents such as Cybersecurity Test Strategies and System Test Plans

• Knowledge of Cyber Security Engineering practices, network technologies, DoD system development life cycles and methodologies, and insight into information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications

• Excellent communication (written and oral), negotiation, coordination, and interpersonal skills; Ability to present complex technical information to large audiences.

• Ability to calmly negotiate challenging program requirements, strategies, and conflicting constraints among a large and diverse group of program stakeholders.

Salary Range: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.