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DCS Corp · 3 months ago

System Security Engineer (SSE)

Sterling Heights, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

DCS Corp is seeking a System Security Engineer (SSE) to provide technical support for Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs with a focus on cybersecurity. The SSE will be responsible for developing and delivering cybersecurity capabilities, conducting trade-off analyses, and integrating various system security engineering disciplines to ensure a coherent security capability across technology systems.

AerospaceManagement ConsultingNational Security

Culture & Values

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring the development and delivery of cybersecurity and program protection capability for DoD acquisition programs through the implementation of an approach based on cost, schedule, performance, and risk

Lead the evaluation and balancing of security contributions to produce a coherent security capability across the technology system and the DoD acquisition program, in order to integrate all aspects of system security

Assist in conducting trade-off analyses and will integrate contributions from system security engineering disciplines such as anti-tamper, cybersecurity, exportability features, hardware assurance, software assurance, supply chain risk management; and security specialties (personnel security, industrial security, physical security, etc.)

Focus on Cyber survivability to assess the ability of the system to perform its mission and functions, in the face of cyber-attack, by the anticipated adversaries, and to operate effectively in a cyber-contested environment

The outcome of the SSE’s efforts will be a comprehensive program and system protection strategy within the constraints of cost, schedule, and performance while maintaining an acceptable level of risk

Some of the specific tasks will involve the following:

Provide a program protection assessment of requirements documents to program management

Identify critical program information (CPI) including inherited designated science and technology information

Determine the threat to CPI

Identify personnel required to fulfill all pertinent program protection roles to engineering and program management

Identify vulnerabilities to CPI

Perform risk analysis

Recommend appropriate security controls for an acquisition program

Provide technical support to register an acquisition program with the applicable component(s) cybersecurity program

Document program protection planning in the systems engineering plan (SEP), PPP and system security plan (SSP)

Less than 5% travel is anticipated

Qualification

CybersecuritySystems engineeringRisk analysisCISSP-ISSEP certificationSupply chain risk managementCustomer service mentalityCommunication skillsInterpersonal abilitiesSelf-starterTeamwork

Required

U.S. Citizenship is required

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Bachelor Degree in an engineering discipline or Cybersecurity, plus at least 12 years' experience, with at least 5 of those being specifically focused on cybersecurity

Understanding of systems engineering processes

Self-starter with the ability to work without direct supervision

Ability to work within a team context

Ability to daily provide high quality support and customer service to the Government customer in a high visibility position

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Strong interpersonal abilities, including ability to tactfully negotiate resolution to competing programmatic demands and requirements

Strong customer service mentality

Candidates must be willing to perform the duties of this job on-site on a full-time basis