SYSTEM SECURITY ENGINEER (SSE)

DCS Corporation • Sterling Heights, MI

262d • Onsite

About The Position

The System Security Engineer (SSE) will provide technical support to formally register Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs with their applicable cybersecurity program(s). The SSE will assist in conducting trade-off analyses and will integrate contributions from system security engineering disciplines such as anti-tamper, cybersecurity, exportability features, hardware assurance, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and security specialties (personnel security, industrial security, physical security, etc.). The SSE is responsible for ensuring the development and delivery of cybersecurity and program protection capability for DoD acquisition programs through the implementation of an approach based on cost, schedule, performance, and risk. They will lead the evaluation and balancing of security contributions to produce a coherent security capability across the technology system and the DoD acquisition program, integrating all aspects of system security. The SSE will focus on cyber survivability to assess the ability of the system to perform its mission and functions in the face of cyber-attack by anticipated adversaries, and to operate effectively in a cyber-contested environment. The outcome of the SSE's efforts will be a comprehensive program and system protection strategy within the constraints of cost, schedule, and performance while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Bachelor Degree in an engineering discipline or Cybersecurity.
• At least 12 years' experience, with at least 5 years specifically focused on cybersecurity.
• Understanding of systems engineering processes.
• Self-starter with the ability to work without direct supervision.
• Ability to work within a team context.
• Ability to provide high quality support and customer service to the Government customer in a high visibility position.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong interpersonal abilities, including ability to tactfully negotiate resolution to competing programmatic demands and requirements.
• Strong customer service mentality.

Nice To Haves

• CISSP-ISSEP certification.
• Bachelor Degree in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering.
• 20+ years of experience working in the arena of cybersecurity.
• Experience mitigating cyber and program risk through supply chain management.
• Familiarity with AR70-77, pertaining to 'Technology and Program Protection.'
• Experience working in systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Provide a program protection assessment of requirements documents to program management.
• Identify critical program information (CPI) including inherited designated science and technology information.
• Determine the threat to CPI.
• Identify personnel required to fulfill all pertinent program protection roles to engineering and program management.
• Identify vulnerabilities to CPI.
• Perform risk analysis.
• Recommend appropriate security controls for an acquisition program.
• Provide technical support to register an acquisition program with the applicable component(s) cybersecurity program.
• Document program protection planning in the systems engineering plan (SEP), PPP and system security plan (SSP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree