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About L3Harris
L3Harris Technologies is a US aerospace and defense technology company providing space and airborne systems, communications, electronic warfare, and missile propulsion solutions for government and commercial customers.
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Specialist, Info Security Systems Engineer joins a motivated engineering team to design, implement, and sustain security solutions for National Security Systems and other government-focused systems. The role involves ensuring system accreditations by following NIST Risk Management Framework standards, including specific publications like 800-37, 800-53, and 800-171, alongside JSIG and FIPS requirements. Daily responsibilities include drafting security plans, performing vulnerability analysis, and managing risk mitigation for networks, hardware, firewalls, and cloud environments. The position requires expertise in encryption technology, Static Application Security Testing using Fortify or Coverity, and Gitlab within DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines. Technical skills include Model Based System Engineering with UML or SysML, operating Tenable NESSUS products, and administering Splunk for audit reduction. This role addresses the critical challenge of securing complex infrastructure across on-premises data centers and cloud-based systems.
Develop and document security plans including System Security Plans, Traceability Matrices, and Continuous Monitoring Plans using NIST RMF standards.
Implement and assess security controls for computing and network nodes to achieve system accreditations.
Create data flow diagrams, interface control documents, and perform trade studies for systems engineering.
Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) for application security and STIG compliance within DevSecOps pipelines.
Define and manage security architectures including boundaries, vulnerability management, and risk mitigation strategies across on-premises and cloud environments.
Design and evaluate secure systems, networks, and database products using encryption and vulnerability analysis.
Manage configuration management plans and deploy defense tools for infrastructure, platform, and software as a service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience, a graduate degree and 2 years of experience, or 8 years of experience without a degree.
Must have an active Top Secret security clearance.
Active TS/SCI with poly is highly desired.
DoD 8140.03 IASAE Level 2 certification.
Experience implementing security controls using NIST Risk Management Framework and related publications like 800-53, 800-171, and JSIG.
Ability to perform systems engineering functions including data flow diagrams, trade studies, and SAST for STIG compliance.
Experience managing security architectures in on-premises and cloud environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).