Consulting Cyber Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

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Work type: On-site
Location: Melbourne, FL
Salary: $183,200–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago

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Above market

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This role $229k

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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $137,100–$192,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k versus about $165k for comparable roles.

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About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman currently has 130 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Consulting Cyber Systems Engineer

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As a Consulting Cyber Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL, you will join the Global Surveillance Division to provide expert guidance on cybersecurity and systems engineering for defense and intelligence programs. Your day-to-day responsibilities include ensuring compliance with DoD, NIST, and industry-specific standards through system security design, analysis, and validation. You will work closely with customers, program managers, and development teams to embed security-by-design into architecture and requirements. The role requires expertise in systems security engineering, attack tree development, AT evaluation plan creation, and proficiency in Linux/RHEL/Ansible/Python, Atlassian Suite, ACAS/SCAP scanning, and RMF, DFARS, ITAR, and CMMC knowledge. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in Anti-Tamper Systems Engineering and a background in cybersecurity and systems engineering with Technology Protection (AT) expertise.

Skills

Systems Security Engineering Linux RHEL Python Ansible Atlassian Suite ACAS SCAP STIG Podman RMF DFARS ITAR CMMC Attack tree development Anti-Tamper methodologies Kubernetes KVM/QEMU VMware Vcenter

What you'll do

Provide expert guidance on anti-tamper and cybersecurity for defense programs.
Develop attack trees and evaluation plans for secure system design.
Embed security-by-design into system architecture and requirements.
Mentor a team of Systems Security Engineers in technical initiatives.
Ensure compliance with DoD, NIST, and industry-specific anti-tamper methods.
Direct all phases of engineering including testing, integration, and execution.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in STEM with 16 years of cybersecurity and systems engineering experience, or higher degrees with fewer years of relevant experience.
Must obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Expertise in Systems Security Engineering, including attack tree development and evaluation plan creation.
Advanced knowledge of Anti-Tamper systems engineering methodologies.
DOD 8570 certification: CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or equivalent.
Experience with Linux/RHEL/Ansible/Python for system security tasks.

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