System Security Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for detail-oriented Senior System Security Engineers to contribute to sponsor missions. In this role, you will serve as a technical lead, working with a dedicated team of professionals to provide full systems engineering support across the system development lifecycle. As a Senior Systems Security Engineer you will lead technical projects and apply your knowledge of systems engineering and analysis to successfully deliver projects to meet sponsor needs. You will lead interdisciplinary teams to design and engineer resilient, cutting-edge solutions. You will work with government stakeholders and decision makers to ensure systems under development meet their varied and complex operational needs, while communicating technical risk and limitations. You will lead efforts to design and develop systems to meet operational requirements and contribute to innovation by identifying and contributing new ideas for potential funding.

Requirements

Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Information Systems Security or related field
Have at least 7+ years of experience in the design, development, and deployment of complex systems or analytics
Have a strong technical background with the full lifecycle systems engineering processes
Possess extensive knowledge and demonstrated success in leading complex technical programs to achieve a cyber resilient design
Have demonstrated experience with system design and prototyping novel solutions including concept development, requirements analysis, design, test and evaluation
Have demonstrated team leadership or project management skills
Are comfortable working independently as well as in a team
Have strong verbal and written communication skills and strong critical thinking skills
Are willing to travel to and from sponsor and test sites up to 20% of the time
Hold an active Secret security clearance and can ultimately obtain a Top Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Possess a Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Information Systems Security or related field
Have experience in applied research for the areas of systems/software engineering, system definition, design, and development, system architecture, requirements analysis, test and evaluation, or a related field
Have experience with DoD weapons, sensors, or other related operational military technology
Have an understanding of critical infrastructure and non-traditional systems
Hold an active Top Secret Security Clearance

Responsibilities

Lead technical projects and apply your knowledge of systems engineering and analysis to successfully deliver projects to meet sponsor needs
Lead interdisciplinary teams to design and engineer resilient, cutting-edge solutions
Work with government stakeholders and decision makers to ensure systems under development meet their varied and complex operational needs, while communicating technical risk and limitations
Lead efforts to design and develop systems to meet operational requirements
Contribute to innovation by identifying and contributing new ideas for potential funding