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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
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The Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer joins the Aeronautics Systems team to perform System Security Engineering across all phases of a system’s acquisition and development lifecycle. This role involves developing security architecture design solutions, performing requirements analysis, conducting trade studies, and modeling system architectures. The engineer will manage risk assessment, develop System Security Plans, perform attack path modeling, and create mitigation strategies while providing technical leadership to junior engineers and subcontractors. Key responsibilities include preparing technical documents, providing briefings, and ensuring mission assurance through effective program execution. Required expertise includes the Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST, CNSSI, and DoD guidelines within Agile environments like Scrum or Kanban. Technical skills involve cybersecurity engineering for embedded systems, cloud computing, Model Based Systems Engineering tools like Cameo, Digital Engineering, Cross Domain Solutions, and U.S. Government Anti-Tamper processes.