Northrop Grumman Australia · 3 weeks ago
Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst / Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)
United States-Unknown
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $213K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading global security company that is seeking a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer professional to join their team in Chantilly, VA. The role involves monitoring and maintaining mission-critical network infrastructure, performing assessments, and ensuring compliance with security requirements.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment or enclave and identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments
Establishes strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining certification and accreditation of systems
Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, security certification test, security documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research inspections and periodic audits
Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, DCID 6-3), make recommendations on process tailoring, participate in and document process activities
Perform analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards
Support the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) required by each government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results and preparation of required reports
Document the results of Certification and Accreditation activities and technical or coordination activity and prepare the system Security Plans and update the Plan of Actions and Milestones POA&M
Periodically conduct a complete review of each system's audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed
Qualification
Required
US citizenship with an active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required
Bachelors degree with 8 years of experience; Masters degree with 6 years of experience; PhD with 4 years of experience or 12 years of experience with High School diploma
Experience reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments that identify points of vulnerability or non-compliance
Experience implementing the Risk Management Framework Process (RMF) and ability to support and document certification and accreditation artifacts
Must have experience supporting the A&A process for system accreditation
Familiar with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the process of accrediting a system through it as well as the nuances present in applying RMF
Familiar with NIST800.53rev4, CNSS-1253, National Security Memorandum 8 (NSM-8), and the Zero Trust Architecture/Networking (ZTA/N) high-level concepts and possible implementations
Familiarity with network monitoring and vulnerability detection tools such as Nessus, Rapid7, Splunk, Xacta as well as strong competency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
Preferred
CISSP, CASP, or other information technology security related certifications
Experience using Rapid 7 or Tenable Nessus applications
Background in Technical Writing or Instructional Systems Design would be helpful
Privileged/Power-user level of knowledge is strongly suggested in at least one of the following – Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Linux variants, Cloud computing infrastructure like AWS or Microsoft Azure
Benefits
Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
Life and disability insurance
Company paid holidays
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase