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Northrop Grumman · 2 months ago

Sentinel - Sr Principal Engineer - Information Assurance - 16298 - R10209439-2

Roy, UT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$119K/yr - $178K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a pioneering technology company that offers incredible opportunities to impact lives around the world. They are seeking a highly motivated Sr. Principal Software Engineer to lead a team focused on system analysis, requirements generation, and security assurance for mission-critical systems.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified mission-critical functions and critical components

Support courses of action based on knowledge and experience, initiative, guidance, and established regulations and policies

Contributes to program plans, goals, objectives, and milestones to for Software & Hardware Assurance

Participate in a variety of working groups and customer meetings; ensure communication of risk environment with stakeholders

Review technical security assessments of SSE environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established standards and regulations and recommended mitigation strategies

Ensure the architecture and design of systems are functional and secure; support the design, development, implementation, and integration of security systems and system components

Execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments

Qualification

IAT level II certificationSoftware/System Security experienceC based programming languagesStatic code analysis toolsRisk Management FrameworkCI/CD toolsWindowsLinux environmentsDebugging softwareSource code managementAutomated build toolsEffective communication

Required

Requires a bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience; a master's degree with 6 years; or a PhD with 4 years of related experience. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered 'in lieu of' a degree

Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope (<6 years)

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need

Candidate MUST have a current IAT level II (or higher) certification (i.e. Security+)

Experience in a Software/System Security role

Experience with Software Test/Development and use of static code analysis tools

Ability to debug existing software and correct defects

Solid experience utilizing the C based programming languages

Experience with source code management (git, bitbucket, Gitlab), Compilers (gcc, ts)

Experience with Bamboo and/or Jenkins, or similar CI/CD tools

Experience identifying vulnerabilities and assessing risk for software

Demonstrated software development experience

Ability to analyze user requirements and derive cyber and performance requirements for software

Experience with working in Windows and Linux environments

Preferred

Experience with Risk Management Framework, Security Controls and STIGs

Automated build tools (Gitlab, Jenkins, Nexus, Ansible, Kubernetes)

Experience with Static Code Analysis Tools

Experience communicating effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings

Experience applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs and/or US Military Programs