Senior System Security Engineer

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory • Cambridge, MA

1d • $82,300 - $205,750

About The Position

The High Availability Architecture Group within the Systems Engineering directorate is seeking a Senior System Security Engineer to guide and facilitate concept development, mission-system analysis, and requirement definition & compliance for critical, yet novel & disruptive cyber resilient technologies. This handpicked candidate must possess a unified System Security, Cybersecurity, and Cryptography expertise that can expand Draper’s insight to address national security threats which remain prevalent throughout critical enterprises, infrastructure, systems, and operations. A successful candidate will be equipped to propose modern solutions embedded with security awareness, that adhere to NIST, NSA, and DoD standards, to proactively mitigate unacceptable loss and unrecoverable downtime throughout their lifecycle. The multidisciplinary proficiencies supporting this initiative are System Security Concepts & Design Principles, Resilient Architecture, Anomaly & Contingency Management, and Cryptography & Key Management.

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 5-10 years' experience of working on System Security Engineer or other relevant position.
• Master's degree requires 3-5 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 Government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• Proficiency applying System Theoretic Process Analysis for Security (STPA-Sec) to industry challenge problems
• Proficiency with Model-based System Engineering toolkits, such as Cameo/MagicDraw, DOORs/DoorsNG, Jama Connect for the purposes of attack surface modeling and rapid impact & gap analysis for validation
• An astute understanding of the applications of cryptography for complex weapon and space systems, cryptographic key management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and the NSA’s Key Management Infrastructure
• Experience documenting compliance towards parent specifications and standards (i.e.: NIST SP 800.160, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, DoD Cyber Tabletop Guide, NIST SP 800-57, NIST 800.53 & Risk Management Framework (RMF), MITRE Attack Framework, and DoD Instruction 3150.02)
• Proficiency in requirement derivation, definition, and analysis for System Security, Network Security, and Data Security needs
• Experience integrating vulnerability remediation, risk mitigation, and incident response within the Systems Engineering process.
• Experience drafting innovative R&D proposals to commercial government sponsors

Responsibilities

• Leveraging System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) for Attack Surface Analysis (ASA) to improve “blue team” designs and attack vector insights
• On-time delivery and maturating of System Security work packages such as: Attack Surface Traceability | Security Requirements | Security Architecture | Off-Nominal & Contingency scenarios | Anomaly Management policies
• Socializing and demystifying System Security, Cybersecurity, & Cryptography best practices and techniques to internal cross-disciplinary stakeholders such as: System Architecture | Avionics | Software | Hardware design teams
• Advocating for System Security best practices, to internal and external stakeholders & customers
• Quick turn application of critical thinking for problem framing, analyzing, and synthesizing complex problems qualitatively and quantitatively
• Documenting insights, findings, lessons learned, and maintaining a knowledge base of contributions within Draper’s collaborative Digital Engineering tool suite
• Develop, execute and track the performance of security measures to protect information and network infrastructure and computer systems.
• Design computer security strategy and engineer comprehensive cybersecurity architecture.
• Identify, define and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to management.
• Monitor systems for irregular behavior and set up preventive measures.
• Plan, develop, implement and update company’s information security strategy.
• Educate and train staff on information system security best practices.
• Able to take ownership of assignments and guide others as needed; successfully lead tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost and schedule.
• Derive plans and approaches to solving complex problems across a program lifecycle, capturing all assumptions and adapting appropriately to changes in requirements with limited direction.
• Independently contributes high quality content for technical reports and presentations which shows an understanding of their task and an awareness of the intended audience.
• Demonstrates both confidence and success when presenting technical information during meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies for them.
• Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees