Staff Cyber Systems Engineer

What you'll do

• Support the architecture and design of baked-in cybersecurity requirements and protections.
• Provide cybersecurity system engineering implementation guidance and oversight to technical teams.
• Review and assess stakeholder security objectives, protection needs, and associated verification methods.
• Identify and evaluate the costs and benefits of security functions to inform engineering trade-offs.
• Author and maintain cybersecurity program documentation and RMF package documentation.
• Apply cybersecurity engineering responsibilities to Cross Domain Solutions and other specific technical areas.
• Integrate cyber systems engineering requirements with Program System Development Life Cycle initiatives.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a PhD.
• Active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance current and within scope at time of application and willingness to sit for a polygraph.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Direct experience developing RMF assessment and authorization documentation.
• Experience of RMF (NIST 800-37) accreditation functions, including documentation, scanning, assessment, and POAM management.
• Experience with requirements development from control listings and integrating Cyber Systems Engineering requirements with SDLC initiatives.
• Experience of Department of War (DoW)/Intelligence Community (IC) System Security Engineering activities.
• Possession of Security+ Certification or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification.
• Experience working in an Agile execution framework.
• Preferred: Active TS/SCI with an adjudicated polygraph.
• Preferred: Expertise with all aspects of Systems Security Engineering as defined in NIST SP 800-160.
• Preferred: System security architecture experience.
• Preferred: Experience in configuring and deploying Cross Domain Solutions (CDS).
• Preferred: Experience working with DOORS and CAMEO Security related tool suites in DevSecOps pipelines.
• Preferred: Experience in Communications Security (COMSEC).
• Preferred: Experience working on a multidisciplinary team and developing technical proposals.