Cybersecurity Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•El Segundo, CA

9d•$86,800 - $198,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Engineer will combine technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in the DoD. This role involves understanding the customer’s environment and developing the right systems for their mission. The engineer will interpret current capabilities and translate them into measurable test criteria to ensure mission needs are met, making them an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution. On this team, the Cybersecurity Engineer will work with Booz Allen colleagues and the military to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of space sensing capabilities to provide critical information to warfighters. Responsibilities include testing, analyzing, evaluating, validating, and verifying these systems, as well as identifying areas requiring urgent mitigation upfront and early to develop this system with advanced technology solutions. The role encourages growing skills by merging innovative engineering methodologies and cross-disciplinary coordination to create tomorrow’s solutions, contributing to the future of space sensing in the Air Force.

Requirements

7+ years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer supporting Major Defense Acquisition Programs, including space, ground, and hardware systems
Experience providing input to Risk Management Framework process activities and documentation
Experience planning and executing Mission Based Cyber Risk Assessments (MBCRA) and Mission Based Risk Assessments – Cyber (MBRA-C)
Experience developing threat scenarios that can be used to support cyber test events such as Cyber Table Top (CTT)
Knowledge of cybersecurity, privacy principles, computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
Knowledge of network design processes, including security objectives, operational objectives, and trade-offs
Ability to perform technical analyses of cybersecurity architectures and network diagrams
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree
DoD 8140 Level II Certification such as Security+ Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience with space-based remote sensing systems
Experience developing system security context and a preliminary system security Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and defining baseline system security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Information Assurance, Information Security, or a related field preferred; Master’s degree in Engineering, IT, Information Assurance, or Information Security a plus
DoD 8140 Level III Certification such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISSEP, or ISSAP Certification