Scientist, Systems Engineer

Description:

Job Title: Scientist, Systems Engineering

Job ID: CS20232107-103777

Location: Melbourne/Palm Bay, Florida

Job Description:

L3Harris Corporation is seeking a Scientist Information Security Systems Engineer (ISSE) (Level 6) for the Melbourne/Palm Bay, Florida location. This is an opportunity to take on unique challenges, expand your skills and experience, and contribute to mission critical systems solutions that help protect the U.S.A. and our allies. You will join a great team of talented professionals who take a collaborative approach and enjoy working together.

• Provide Information Security System Engineering support and technical execution of information security activities associated with the authorization of NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) hardened information systems.
• Support Security Engineering activities, including design, testing, configuration, management and maintenance of information systems.
• Assist Program Security Architect in the development of, and CONOPS for, emerging security technologies and proposals.
• Support compliance certification and vulnerability assessments as required.
• Support the evaluation, qualification, testing and delivery of security architecture improvement, obsolescence replacement and vulnerability response projects.
• Support information assurance data collection and continuous monitoring updates for assigned security architectures.
• Principles of data flows (e.g., TCP/IP, OSI model).

• Cyber security certification experience RMF and NSA Type 1.
• Communications security experience, i.e., COMSEC, TRANSEC.
• Knowledge of cyber offense and defense requirements, design, and implementation.
• Conduct product research of cyber security products and advancements for the purposes of finding alternate, better, and/or quick prototype solutions.
• Ability to translate customer mission goals into technical requirements.
• Explain technical security needs to non-security team members in a manner that facilitates cross-functional design activities.
• Self-motivation, able to work well independently and within inter-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Conduct complex security architecture analysis to evaluate and mitigate risks.
• Identify security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, applications and new technology initiatives (hardware, software, cross-domain solutions, cryptographic devices, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus systems and software deployment tools).
• Provide Information Assurance technical leadership to development teams at internal and external gate reviews such as technical baseline reviews and design reviews.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements derivation and allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer Information Security requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Responsible for developing security overlays, data flow diagrams, internal requirements, CONOPs and interface control documents from customer / product requirements.
• Experience in securing operating systems (Windows, Linux, Cisco IOS, etc.).
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Experience in securing embedded systems architectures.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level 2 certification (e.g. CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+CE, SSCP, or CCNA Security).
• DoD 8570.01-M IASAE Level 2 certification (e.g. CASP+ CE or CISSP (or Associate)).
• Experience with NSA Type 1 Certification efforts.
• Familiarity with AT designs and requirements
• Familiarity with TEMPEST procedures and testing processes
• Strong understanding of engineering processes, concepts and information security systems engineering principles (NIST SP 800-160 Vol1).
• Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation.
• Self-motivation, able to work well independently and within inter-disciplinary engineering teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

Preferred/Additional Skills:

• Experience in writing and managing RMF body of evidence documents (e.g., System Security Plan (SSP), Security Compliance Traceability Matrix (SCTM), Risk Assessment Report (RAR), Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) Plan, and Security Assessment Plans and Procedures (SAPP).
• Experience in configuration and use of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools such as ACAS and SCC
• Experience in the content development and administration of SEIM/audit reduction tools (e.g., Splunk).
• System testing and evaluation methods and RMF assessment methodology & process.
• Experience with application of STIGs.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS for requirements management
• Telecommunications network engineering experience.
• Experience in Cyber Defense technologies.
• Experience with radio communication protocols
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) techniques
• Knowledgeable in the application of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) process and tools

Job Profile Matching Criteria:

Expertise Engineering, Engineering--Systems Location USA - FL - Melbourne