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About General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.
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As a Senior Systems Engineer - Cybersecurity Software, you will join the engineering team to serve as a cybersecurity subject matter expert for software delivered to mission-critical U.S. Navy computer systems. You will collaborate with customers to translate operational needs into detailed, verifiable low-level software requirements while working with software and test engineers to ensure product security. Your daily work involves analyzing system architectures, data flows, and attack vectors to recommend technical mitigations against emerging threats and vulnerabilities. You will utilize core competencies in systems engineering, threat analysis, and risk assessment, applying guidance from ICD 503, NIST SP 800-53, and the DoD 8500 series. This role focuses on designing software capabilities to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyberattacks to ensure the resilience of national defense systems.
What does a Systems Engineer earn?
Median $153000 from 265 postings across 38 companies.
Serve as the cybersecurity subject matter expert for assigned software capabilities and provide technical guidance to customers.
Develop detailed, verifiable low-level software requirements that translate customer mission needs into implementable capabilities.
Analyze system architectures, data flows, and attack vectors to inform design decisions and identify vulnerabilities.
Recommend technical mitigations and software capabilities to prevent, detect, or reduce cybersecurity risks.
Partner with test engineers to define verification criteria and confirm that delivered capabilities meet requirements.
Maintain requirements traceability through the development, integration, testing, and delivery phases.
Develop and review systems engineering, cybersecurity, and accreditation documentation.
Mentor less-experienced engineers within the cybersecurity and systems engineering domain.
What we're looking for
U.S. citizenship is required.
Must be able to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related field with 8 years of relevant experience.
Master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience.
Strong systems engineering experience with software, including developing and managing detailed, verifiable software requirements (preferred).
Experience working directly with customers to turn operational needs into technical requirements and deliverable capabilities (preferred).
Cybersecurity expertise grounded in how attacks work, including familiarity with attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and practical mitigations (preferred).
Experience applying ICD 503, NIST SP 800-53, JSIG, or comparable DoD cybersecurity guidance (preferred).
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