Principal System Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)
Job Description
Lead cybersecurity system security engineering efforts to help protect Warfighter technology advantage through holistic security solutions.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate cybersecurity activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Serve as a technical interface for cybersecurity matters with customers, program leadership, subcontractors, and other stakeholders
- Develop plans and estimates; execute tasks; manage project tracking and reporting
- Identify risks and support risk identification and mitigation planning
- Ensure compliance with NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) controls
- Consult and assist program management with SSE architecture and related issues
- Support development of bids and proposals
- Define security development and testing efforts to implement security controls across networking devices, databases, operating systems, and hardware and software components
- Integrate cybersecurity development activities across programs and teams
- Develop top-level system requirements and flow down requirements and implementation concepts to subsystem
- Understand and comply with DoD technology release and export licensing policies
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 8+ years of prior relevant experience
- Active and transferable U.S. Secret clearance required prior to start date
- U.S. citizenship required (only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance)
- Experience in System Security Engineering, computer technology reverse engineering, anti-tamper, cybersecurity, or embedded security
- Experience with NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Experience in technical leadership
Preferred Qualifications
- Implementation and business growth of SSE implementation throughout the entire life cycle
- Experience delivering solutions that meet robust SSE systems security requirements
- Cybersecurity certifications aligned to DoDD 8570/DoDD 8140 (examples listed: CISSP, GSLC, CEH)
- Subcontractor management experience with SSE
- Broad understanding of technology and working knowledge of DODI-S-5230.28
- Strategic planning experience and U.S. Government contract proposal experience as an Information Assurance Engineer subject matter expert
- Ability to demonstrate an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact positively with coworkers, suppliers, stakeholders, and customers
- Experience contributing to team environments focused on developing creative solutions to technical problems, processes, IA controls, and maintaining certification and accreditation documentation
Technologies & Frameworks
- NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- DoD technology release and export licensing policies
- Networking devices
- Databases
- Operating systems
Security Clearance
- Type: Secret (Current)
- Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1
- Eligibility: U.S. citizenship required
Location & Work Model
- Onsite in Tewksbury, MA 01876, United States of America
Compensation
- Salary range: USD 107,500 - 204,500 per year
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
Benefits
- Relocation assistance available
- Medical, dental, vision
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability, long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (depending on level and coverage)
Job site requirement: Classified position; onsite employees work primarily onsite.