Senior Systems Security Engineer - P3 (Onsite-Woburn, MA)

RTX•Woburn, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon is seeking a Senior Systems Security Engineer (P3) to join its Systems Security Engineering team and develop solutions that protect Warfighter technology. The team creates holistic security solutions using cybersecurity, software assurance, and program protection implementation for National Security Systems. This is an onsite position in Woburn, Massachusetts, supporting technically challenging and highly visible work that contributes to protecting the United States and its Warfighters. The engineer will work with customers and program teams to define security requirements, architectures, solutions, and implementation plans. The role includes developing and maintaining cybersecurity capabilities, ensuring compliance with the NIST Risk Management Framework, and supporting security development, testing, integration, documentation, and program proposals. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; an active and transferable clearance is required before starting, and the posting also states the ability to obtain an interim clearance is required before the start date.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
Experience in Systems Security Engineering, Cybersecurity Engineering, System Administration, or IT/Network Administration.
Experience with the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).

Nice To Haves

Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance.
Managerial or leadership experience.
Hands-on experience with cybersecurity tools and products, including antivirus, host-based or endpoint security solutions such as HIDS/HIPS, multi-factor authentication (MFA), security information and event management (SIEM), and centralized auditing tools such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, or Elasticsearch.
Linux Bash or Python scripting experience; comfort using the Linux/Unix command line; and experience with automation or orchestration tools such as Ansible.
Systems security engineering experience involving computer hardware, software operating systems, and applications in stand-alone air-gapped environments and LAN/WAN configurations.
Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies and building and securely configuring virtual machine images; experience with hypervisors such as VMware, OpenShift, or vSphere.
DoDI 8570.01-M IAT Level-II compliant certification, such as Security+, CISSP, CEH, or equivalent.
Experience with operating-system security features or vulnerability analysis as defined by DoD or intelligence agencies, and researching vulnerabilities or cybersecurity threats.
Experience with the Tenable Nessus vulnerability scanning tool suite.
Experience with IT, network, or systems security administration, including operating-system security configuration, hardening and patching, and account-management best practices for UNIX, Microsoft Windows/Server, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Experience with DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) operating-system hardening.
Experience with IT/network administration and securely configuring networking devices such as switches, routers, and firewalls, as well as software-defined networking or storage devices.
Understanding of Systems Engineering requirements and specifications; experience implementing DoD and authorization and accreditation processes, RMF controls, and certification and accreditation documentation to maintain Authority to Operate (ATO).
Familiarity with Program Protection Plans (PPP) required by DoDI 5000.02 and DoDI 5200.39.
Understanding of DoD technology-release and export-licensing compliance policies.
General understanding of secure architectures, the Systems Engineering development lifecycle, and Agile software development methodologies and principles.
Experience with technical documentation and technical writing.
Prior experience working in the defense industry on classified U.S. Government information systems.

Responsibilities

Interact with customers to define systems security engineering requirements, architecture, solutions, trade studies, vendor product analyses, costs, implementation approaches, system impacts, and effectiveness.
Develop, design, integrate, test, and maintain cybersecurity capabilities for National Security Systems.
Ensure compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework controls.
Develop top-level system requirements and flow down requirements and implementation concepts to subsystems.
Develop plans and estimates; execute tasks; track projects; report progress; and identify and mitigate risks.
Consult and assist program management with systems security engineering architecture and issues, and deliver technical briefings to leadership.
Define security development and test efforts, implement security controls for networking devices, databases, operating systems, and hardware and software components, and provide associated technical documentation.
Integrate cybersecurity development activities and support test and integration activities.
Support the development of bids and proposals.

Benefits

Relocation assistance is available to eligible candidates.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Short-term disability insurance.
Long-term disability insurance.
401(k) match.
Flexible spending accounts.
Flexible work schedules.
Employee assistance program.
Employee Scholar Program.
Parental leave.
Paid time off.
Holidays.
Potential eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.