
Principal Cyber Defense Analyst
RTX
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Richardson • Arizona • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $86,800 - $165,200 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, develop, and optimize advanced security tools, systems, and policies to enhance network monitoring, data segmentation, access control, encryption, and secure data transfer, leveraging innovative technologies and best practices.
- Perform and sustain cybersecurity operations, focusing on managing, optimizing, and securing networks and enclaves through advanced security mechanisms and toolsets.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and root cause analyses to identify security gaps, implement remediation strategies, and continuously enhance security tools, configurations, and documentation.
- Evaluate and refine system security configurations to align with and exceed modern IT security standards, including the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST 800-53 security controls.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
- Establish functional and technical specifications, define input/output parameters, and ensure comprehensive integration of systems or subsystems.
- Diagnose and resolve hardware and software issues, leveraging advanced tools and methodologies to ensure system reliability.
- Identify and implement opportunities within existing technologies to enhance efficiency, scalability, and performance.
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued secret security clearance.
- Must be able to obtain an Interim clearance before we set a start date.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Experience in automation and scripting for system deployment (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash).
- Experience with system hardening techniques and best practices to enhance security.
- Experience with Windows or Red Hat client server environments, including server replication methods and configuration.
- Experience with application installation, configuration, and deployment in multi-server environments.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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Hard Skills & Tools
cybersecurity operationsvulnerability assessmentsroot cause analysissystem security configurationsautomationscriptingsystem hardeningapplication installationconfigurationdeployment
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunication
Certifications
bachelor's degreemaster's degreeU.S. government-issued secret security clearanceInterim clearance