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Sentinel Principal Cyber Systems Engineer-18154

Northrop Grumman

Posted today
Top Secret
$108,200 - $162,400
Unspecified
IT - Security
Roy, UT (On-Site/Office)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Cyber Systems Engineer - 18154. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program.

What You'll Get To Do:
  • Perform threat modeling at the architecture, system, and design levels to identify potential vulnerabilities.
  • Analyze and remediate security design flaws, ensuring robust protection throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Design and document security architectures, controls, and mechanisms for hardware, software, and network components.
  • Coach SEIT Test teams on the interpretation and verification of cyber security requirements and test procedures.
  • Act as the primary liaison with compliance and accreditation teams, guaranteeing that all security artifacts meet regulatory and policy standards.
  • Collaborate with cross functional engineering groups to integrate security best practices into system engineering processes.
  • Implement and review requirement decomposition, derivation, and flow down.
  • Implement and review traceability of requirements throughout a spec tree architecture.
  • Support the architecture and design of baked in cybersecurity requirements and protections.
  • Implement and review the application of cybersecurity profile stereotypes to a Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Architecture
  • Implement, review and assess cybersecurity system requirements verification/validation methods


You'll Bring These Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of relevant experience, or a Masters' Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of relevant experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 years of relevant experience.
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance, with an 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
  • 3+ years of experience in systems security engineering, including threat modeling and security architecture design.
  • Knowledge of security design principles, risk assessment, and mitigation strategies at the system and design level.
  • Experience processing SOW, requirements, architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification & validation, etc.
  • Familiarity with cyber security testing techniques and the ability to guide test teams in validating security requirements.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts


This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

These Qualifications Would Be Nice To Have:
  • Familiarity with cyber test tools and automation.
  • Proficiency with SysML modeling tools and the ability to produce clear, maintainable system models.
  • Experience working with Cameo or similar tools
  • Experience working with DOORS or similar tools
  • Experience with MBSE


Primary Level Salary Range: $108,200.00 - $162,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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Job Category
IT - Security
Clearance Level
Top Secret