Cybersecurity Systems Engineer

$145,001 - $145,001/Yr

SAIC - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - San Diego, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

SAIC is seeking a Cybersecurity Systems Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. This role is critical in supporting an Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (ISR) program for our Department of Defense (DoD) customer within the Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and Intelligence (PEO C4I). The ideal candidate will possess a TS/SCI clearance and have a strong background in Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity. The primary focus will be on ensuring that engineering and security solutions are practical, reliable, compliant, and interoperable across Navy and Intelligence Community (IC) Networks, as well as other Navy infrastructures, ISR tools, and Command and Control (C2) systems and capabilities. In this position, you will be responsible for developing actionable security requirements that enhance cyber resilience and protect sensitive data. You will conduct vulnerability and risk assessments to support Assessment and Authorization (A&A) processes, design security architecture overlays, and manage secure configuration management for information systems. Your role will also involve preparing and reviewing critical documentation such as System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, and Program Protection Plans (PPPs). You will perform Criticality Analyses and review new systems and software designs for potential security risks, providing recommendations for mitigations. Additionally, you will assist in the planning, implementation, and management of Battlespace Awareness, conduct risk assessments for DoD IT systems, and support the development of technical documentation. Your operational experience will be invaluable in interpreting system requirements and providing feedback. You will also assist the customer with cybersecurity-focused test events and support the organization's cybersecurity program by proposing and enforcing information systems security policies and standards. Maintaining the operational security posture of information systems will be a key responsibility, ensuring compliance with security requirements for processing classified information.

Responsibilities

• Develop cogent and actionable security requirements that result in robust security postures, heightened cyber resilience and protection of sensitive data/information.
• Perform vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support Assessment and Authorization (A&A).
• Design security architecture overlays to overarching system architectures that deliver increased security balanced against time and cost metrics.
• Provide secure configuration management (CM) in support of information systems, security software, hardware and firmware.
• Manage changes to systems and assess the security impact of those changes.
• Prepare and review documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, A&A packages, and System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs).
• Draft Program Protection Plans (PPPs), Cybersecurity Strategies, Security Classification Guides (SCGs), Anti-Tamper (AT) Plans and other Navy Acquisition program security-related documents.
• Perform Criticality Analyses (CAs) to include Critical Program Information (CPI) surveys.
• Review proposed new systems, networks, and software designs for potential security risks, recommending mitigations or countermeasures and resolving integration issues.
• Provide technical assistance and recommendations regarding the planning, implementation, and management of Battlespace Awareness with existing and emerging infrastructures.
• Perform General Service (GENSER) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Risk Management Framework (RMF) support for Department of Defense (DoD) IT systems.
• Assist in development and update of technical documentation for system development.
• Use operational experience to interpret and provide feedback on system requirements.
• Provide analysis of capabilities and software tools and recommendations for technical solutions to access and exploit information available from source as required.
• Assist the customer with Test and Evaluation (T&E) cybersecurity-focused test events.
• Provide support for the organization's cybersecurity program.
• Provide support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies.
• Maintain operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed.
• Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information.

Requirements

• Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD zero (0) years or more experience. 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• CSWF and IAT Level II Certifications (Security+) within 6 months of hire.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of the DOD acquisition process, PEO C4I and NAVWAR.
• Certifications: PMP, INCOSE, DevOps, CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security + Network Plus.
• Prior Military experience with ISR systems.
• Experience with RMF and NIST compliance standards.
• Experience with US Navy C4I systems, Information Assurance and Cybersecurity.
• Knowledge of Linux or Windows OS, network protocols, web services, databases, scripting, and firewalls.