Cyber Systems Security Engineer - Level 3 with Security Clearance

Job Number: 672953BR

Description: At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology. The System Security Engineer candidate is responsible for ensuring that cyber security requirements are properly defined, decomposed, allocated, implemented, and assessed to produce a cyber-resilient security design solution for the target platform (Air System or Weapon System).

This includes participating in working groups, design reviews, and formal Risk Management Framework (RMF) and National Security Agency (NSA) artifact creation alongside other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) within the overall platform; and providing security expertise to ensure that cyber security is considered throughout the product development lifecycle. Applicant is expected to conduct a range of cyber risk analysis and security assessment methods; implement patches and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) to address cyber vulnerabilities; develop documentation for specific installations and configurations necessary to obtain Authorizations to Operation (ATOs) in support of program schedules; and contribute to and implement Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAMs) to mitigate open cyber risks.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Active Secret Clearance or higher
2. Security+ or CISSP Certification
3. Experience utilizing Joint Special Access Program (SAP) Implementation Guide (JSIG), Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 1253, and NIST SP 800–37 Risk Management Framework (RMF) to design and harden information systems commensurate with customer needs
4. Ability to travel as required

Desired Skills:

1. Minimum of current Secret Clearance with ability to obtain Special Program Accesses
2. B.S. degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Security, or Information Technology – or equivalent applied experience
3. Experience analyzing, decomposing, and allocating security controls into executable security requirements at the system, sub-system and component level
4. Experience with Technical Security requirements across multiple domains (Operating Systems, Networks, High Performance Computing)
5. Experience with network design processes, to include understanding of security objectives, operational objectives, and risk mitigation strategy for the information system
6. Experience executing Security Hardening on diverse LINUX and Windows Operating Systems based on approved DISA STIGs and SRGs
7. Experience in designing, developing, and integrating classified computer systems and networks in compliance with government regulations
8. Experience with secure software development concepts (e.g. static code analysis, dynamic code analysis, STIG/SRG hardening, etc.) as applied to high-level programming languages (C, C++, Java)
9. Experience developing security architecture representations (e.g. Accreditation Boundaries, Physical Diagrams, Logical Diagrams, Functional Diagrams, and Rack Layouts), system design modeling (UML, SysML, Rhapsody, MagicDraw), as well as requirements management
10. Experience with engineering change processes and/or configuration control processes
11. Extensive experience developing and maintaining core security documentation artifacts for A&A Packages including Security Control Traceability Matrix (SCTM), System Security Plan (SSP) and/or Information Assurance Standard Operating Procedures (IA SOP), Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M), and Risk Assessment Report (RAR)
12. Experience with Real-Time Embedded Operating Systems (e.g. GreenHills INEGRITY, LynxOS, VxWorks, Yocto)
13. Extensive knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Requirements Guides (SRGs)
14. Background/knowledge working with information systems/environments that utilize the Open Mission Systems (OMS) standard and Universal Command and Control Standards Initiative (UCI) message set
15. Experience developing certification test procedures (CTPs) and executing customer witnessed security assessments utilizing NIST 800–53A assessment methods
16. Expertise/knowledge in both compliance testing and penetration testing methodologies
17. Experience with Agile project management tools (JIRA, VersionOne, etc.)
18. Experience with DoD 5205.07 V1–4: SAPF manuals and applying it to engineered solutions
19. Must be willing to mentor junior-level team members
20. Experience conducting technical trade studies and assessments
21. Experience with creating and presenting technical information to senior-level executives and customers
22. Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
23. Proficient technical writing skills
24. Strong analytical and organizational skills with excellent communication skills (written and verbal communications) and have the ability to work in a dynamic work environment
25. Experience working in an aerospace design environment with exposure to DoD customers and their accrediting authorities

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret with Investigation or CV date within 5 years

Other Important Information You Should Know:

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives.