Principal Cyber Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
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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 Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems team to lead System Security Engineering across all phases of the system acquisition and development lifecycle. This role involves developing security architecture design solutions, performing requirements analysis, and supporting trade studies. The engineer will prepare technical documents, provide briefings, and manage ongoing authorization efforts within an Agile Development Environment using Scrum or Kanban methodologies. Key responsibilities include risk assessment, attack path modeling, and mitigation strategy development. Required expertise includes DoD, NIST, CNSSI, and Risk Management Framework processes. Candidates must possess skills in systems security engineering, secure architecture design, and implementation verification. Preferred experience includes embedded and cloud computing, Model Based Systems Engineering tools like Cameo, NSA Type-1 certification, and Cross Domain Solution implementation.
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