Senior Staff Cyber Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SAP

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Senior Staff Cyber Systems Engineer to join the team of qualified individuals in our Global Surveillance Division. This role is located on site in Melbourne, FL.

In this role you will be responsible for Cyber Systems Engineering/Cybersecurity duties throughout Systems Engineering with an emphasis in the Systems Security Engineering discipline. As a Consulting Cyber Systems Engineer, you will provide expert guidance on anti‑tamper, cybersecurity, and systems engineering across a range of defense and intelligence programs. This role requires a subject‑matter expert (SME) for the system security design, analysis, and validation of resilient, survivable systems, ensuring compliance with DoD, NIST, and industry‑specific anti‑tamper methods (DoD Anti-Tamper Executive Agent). This role partners with customers, program managers, and development teams to embed security‑by‑design into architecture, requirements, and verification activities.

You’ll need to rely on the following skills:

• Systems Security Engineering
• Systems Engineering principles and requirements deposition
• Anti-Tamper methodologies
• Attack tree development
• AT evaluation plan development
• Linux/RHEL/Ansible/Python
• Atlassian Suite/SecDevOPS
• Familiarity with ACAS and SCAP scanning, STIG
• Virtual machine and container technology such as Podman
• Advanced knowledge of RMF, DFARS, ITAR and CMMC.

Responsibilities will include:

• Demonstrated expertise in large system development, integration, test processes, with a strong emphasis on technical analysis and systems security engineering.
• Proven ability to drive technical initiatives as an individual contributor, managing complex tasks with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with customers, cross-functional teams, and management.
• Extensive development in Anti-Tamper Systems Engineering.
• Direct involvement with all phases of engineering including concept of operations, testing, integration, and operational execution.
• Direct, develop and mentor a diverse, highly skilled team of Systems Security Engineers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 14 years of related professional/military experience to include background in cybersecurity, systems engineering and Technology Protection (AT), OR a Master's degree AND 12 years of related professional/military experience to include background in cybersecurity, systems engineering and Technology Protection (AT), OR a Ph.D. AND 10 years of related professional/military experience to include background in cybersecurity, systems engineering and Technology Protection (AT).
• Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Must have previous professional / military experience with Systems Security Engineering and Systems Engineering requirements development related to mission processing systems.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in Anti-Tamper systems engineering, to include experience with attack tree development, evaluation plan development, and key management plan development.
• Possess a DOD 8570 certification: CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing Program Protection Implementation Plan (PPIP) related to Anti-Tamper.
• Possess a DODM 8140 IASAE Level III qualification: CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, or similar.
• Experience working on military aircraft / spacecraft systems.
• Experience with Linux, RHEL, Python, C++ and Ansible automation.
• Kubernetes and related technologies.
• KVM/QEMU, VMware/ Vcenter virtual machines.
• Experience with DoD system security engineering activities.
• Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in a STEM field or technical management.
• Experience in developing technical proposals and statements of work related to Cyber Systems engineering statement of work.
• Well-versed in DoD systems engineering requirement development and agile engineering methodologies.
• Knowledge of cyber protocols, network architecture, and data processing operations.

Primary Level Salary Range: $166,500.00 - $249,700.00

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.