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Cyber Systems Security Engineer - Essex Business Unit

NORTHROP GRUMMAN


Posted on: 5/22/12


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Minimum Security Clearance

Top Secret/SCI Clearance

- Polygraph
Location

Columbia, Maryland  20588

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Northrop Grumman Information Systems sector is seeking a Cyber Systems Security Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located at Columbia, MD. The qualified applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman's Cyber Intelligence Division/Essex business unit - A market leader which innovates a culture of creativity, investment, and teamwork to solve the Intelligence Community's toughest problems.
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Information Systems Security Engineer is responsible for overall Information Assurance (IA) support to multiple projects and will perform the work required to achieve Certification and Accreditation (C&A) for hardware and software. The work involves development and maintenance of required documentation and working with technical personnel and customer personnel to achieve and maintain C&A.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
* BS degree and 9 years of experience in Information Assurance/ Information System Security Engineering. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
* At least 5 recent years experience with Defense in Depth principles and technology to include Access control, Authorization, Identification and authentication, Public Key Infrastructure and Network and enterprise security architecture.
* Demonstrated experience applying security risk assessment methodology to system development to include Threat model development, Vulnerability assessments and Security risk analysis.
* Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering skills to provide documentation for the C&A process to include Functional Analysis to create a Security Concept of Operations (SeCONOP) within the context of C&A, Security Requirements Analysis to create a Security Requirements Traceability Matrix (SRTM) and Test Planning to create test plans and procedures to verify compliance with security requirements.
* Intelligence Community Experience
* Position requires a current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 75,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce regardless of age. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.  

Shift: 1st Shift
Relocation Assistance: United States-Maryland-Columbia
Number of Openings: 1
US Citizenship Required for this Position: Information Systems
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Industry Category: Security-Network Management
Compensation
Competitive