RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Cyber Systems Engineer (Level 3 or 4) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in Rancho Bernardo, CA . The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.
Roles and Responsibilities include:
Lead and support Development and Sustainment cybersecurity execution by identifying risks and driving technical and programmatic remediation across engineering, cybersecurity, program, and customer stakeholders.
Design, develop, integrate, test, verify, and validate system security solutions.
Prepare, review, and defend accreditation packages as an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) or Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM).
Apply working knowledge of DoD RMF and JSIG requirements for SAP/SCI systems.
Validate information system security posture, interpret and report findings, and support risk-acceptance recommendations related to security controls implementation.
Translate RMF controls into system- and design-level requirements, including decomposition, verification planning, and traceability.
Support vulnerability management, cybersecurity scanning and assessment, compliance package development, and requirements verification using approved tools (e.g., ACAS, Nessus).
Support host and network hardening using DISA STIGs and SRGs for Windows, UNIX/Linux, hypervisor, and containerized environments.
Coordinate with systems engineering, software, integration/test, configuration management, security, and program teams to support cybersecurity execution across the system lifecycle.
Prepare and present cybersecurity and systems engineering materials for reviews, working groups, and stakeholder discussions.
Apply systems thinking to assess cybersecurity impacts across architecture, operational constraints, program execution, and mission needs.
Drive process improvements that strengthen cybersecurity planning, traceability, risk management, and closure discipline.
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coordination across multiple stakeholders and disciplines.
Strong organizational and communication skills
This role requires full-time onsite work at the Rancho Bernardo, CA facility. There is no remote, hybrid, or telework availability for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required in support of program needs.
Basic Qualifications:
Principal Cyber Systems Engineer : Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of related engineering experience.
Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer: Bachelor of science degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master of science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of engineering experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related experience.
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