L3Harris Technologies

Senior Associate, Information Security Systems Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Palm Bay • Florida • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cyber Security

About the role

  • NSA Type 1 Certification of cryptographic high assurance devices.
  • Experience with NSA High Assurance products and IASRD and SERD requirements.
  • Collaborate with customers, internal program teams, and leadership to address program needs.
  • Provide DoD software selection and approval processes for COTS, GOTS, and FOSS.
  • Support security engineering activities, including basis of estimate development, requirements development, design, testing, configuration management, and maintenance of information systems and data.
  • Support the evaluation, qualification, testing, and delivery of security architecture improvements, obsolescence replacements, and vulnerability response projects.
  • Interact with customer, internal program team, and program/department leadership.
  • Assess security and privacy controls in embedded systems using NIST 800-53.
  • Utilize Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation and authorization (A&A) processes to include RMF steps 1-4 (categorization, controls selection, control implementation, security assessment) and standard body of evidence (BoE) package development.
  • A&A package processing RMF accreditation of Platform IT (PIT) systems.
  • Experience in DoD software selection and approval processes for COTS, GOTS and FOSS.
  • Support security engineering activities, including basis of estimate development, requirements development, design, test, configuration management and maintenance of information systems and data.
  • Assist program security in the development of policies and procedures for emerging security technologies.
  • Support the evaluation, qualification, testing and delivery of security architecture improvement, obsolescence replacement and vulnerability response projects.
  • Work is to be accomplished 100% onsite, in a lab environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience.
  • Graduate Degree and a minimum of 0 years of prior related experience.
  • In lieu of a degree, minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
  • Minimum of Collateral Secret security clearance required.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD 8140 certification (or NIST 800-181), appropriate for the position within 6-months of start.
  • Experience in configuration and use of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools such as ACAS and SCC.
  • Professional experience with RMF (Risk Management Framework) in embedded systems.
  • Development and implementation of Anti-Tamper (AT) measures throughout the System Development Lifecycle.
  • Assess systems for Critical Program Information (CPI).
  • Assess threats via attack/countermeasure analysis.
  • Conduct Verification and Validation activities.
  • Use DoD 5200.39 for the identification and protection of CPI.
  • Engineer trustworthy and secure systems in accordance with NIST 800-160.
  • Develop and implement comprehensive Program Protection Plans (PPP) to safeguard critical program information (CPI) and technologies.
  • Draft Program Protection Plans (PPPs), Cybersecurity Strategies, Security Classification Guides (SCGs), and AT Plans.
  • Interact with customers to define AT requirements, solutions, trades, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness.
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Hard Skills & Tools
NSA Type 1 CertificationDoD software selectionCOTSGOTSFOSSsecurity engineeringNIST 800-53Risk Management Framework (RMF)Anti-Tamper (AT) measuresVerification and Validation
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationleadershipcustomer interactionpolicy developmentproblem-solvingrequirements developmentproject managementteamworkanalytical thinking
Certifications
Collateral Secret security clearanceDOD 8140 certificationNIST 800-181