Principal Engineer - Systems Design

Company Description

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.

• Designing, developing, implementing, and/or integrating IA and security systems and system components, including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments such as those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection and classification requirements.
• Building IA into systems deployed to operational environments.
• Assisting architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.
• Supporting the building of security architectures.
• Enforcing the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
• Assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Contributing to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, and certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
• Reviewing certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation and providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.
• Participating as a security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation and/or integration of IA architectures, systems, or system components.
• Applying knowledge of IA policy, procedures, and workforce structure to design, develop, and implement secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.
• Interacting with the customer and other project team members.
• Supporting the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
• Providing and supporting security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management.
• Identifying overall security requirements for the proper handling of Government data.
• Recommending system-level solutions to resolve security requirements.
• Supporting security authorization activities in compliance with the NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering, to include ATO submissions.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required for all skill levels.

Years of relevant experience and education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline (Four (4) years of additional ISSE experience may be substituted in lieu of degree).
• Senior level: Seven (7) years or more of ISSE experience and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

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