Principal System Security Engineer

Draper Laboratory•Cambridge, MA

53d•$95,000 - $237,500

About The Position

The Secure Solutions Group within the System's Engineering Directorate is seeking a Principal System Security Engineer to support engineering, integrating, and deploying trustworthy secure platforms that resist cyber, reverse engineering, and supply chain threats. The group has multidisciplinary proficiencies in secure systems architecture, hardware security and resilience, software security and resilience, system validation and accreditation, and cryptography. Specific responsibilities include the following: Work with cross disciplinary team of system, hardware, and software engineers to support program execution. Communicate with program members, program offices, and sponsors to present work to the technical and evaluation community. Bring a systems engineering prospective to support development system architectures for secure solutions. Support analysis of Draper, customer, and sponsor developed systems to evaluate effectiveness and suitability.

Requirements

Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, industry and customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members. program leadership, and non-technical personnel
Team player able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.
Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field.
Bachelor's degree requires 10+ years' experience of working on System Security Engineer or other relevant position.
Master's degree requires 5-10 years' experience of working on System Security Engineer or other relevant position.
Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
Current in-scope Secret security clearance required, Top Secret preferred.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred.
Proficiency in full life-cycle systems engineering (architecture, design, development, integration, approval, and deployment) of security technologies and components within cyber-physical systems and systems-of-systems
Experience in the design and implementation of secured systems based on system requirements, design analysis, and consideration of external vectors
Familiarity with processes and technologies for identification of critical program information and development of the associated program protection plans
Experience in the development of System Security documentation per Government requirements
Familiarity with developing and implementing Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
Understanding of supply chain operations, risk management framework, information assurance, technology protection
Familiarity with the processes and technologies for cross-domain products, including secured firmware solutions and microelectronics
An understanding of the fundamentals of cryptographic key management, public key infrastructure, and NSA's Key Management Infrastructure, and the applications of cryptology
Experience in writing innovative R&D proposals to commercial and government sponsors
Familiarity with DOORS, MATLAB, and/or Python
Flexibility to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities, technologies, and program needs

Responsibilities

Manage and control priorities, scope, schedule, and cost to baselines by proactively monitoring program/task performance across larger activities.
Independently derive system-level requirements based on mission requirements and defines plan and approach to solve complex problems.
Supports helping customers shape problems and needs.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to develop and implement security approaches through a program lifecycle.
Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers. Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.

Benefits

Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.

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