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Cyber Systems Engineer 3

Company: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Job ID: 1861
Location: San Antonio, TX
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Job Type: Contract-to-Hire
Duration: September 8, 2026 – September 7, 2027
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 5x8, 40 hours/week
Openings: 1

Position Overview

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cyber Systems Engineer 3 to join its engineering team in San Antonio, Texas.

This position will serve as a Model-Based Systems Engineer (MBSE) within a team developing new solutions for a multi-level security environment. The role focuses on systems engineering with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity and will support the development, integration, assessment, and delivery of mission-critical systems.

The successful candidate will collaborate with systems engineers, cybersecurity professionals, government stakeholders, suppliers, and technical teams to ensure systems meet mission objectives and cybersecurity requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical decisions and guidance supporting high-quality product deliveries and mission objectives.
• Partner with systems engineers across Integrated Product Teams to address cybersecurity requirements.
• Support the development and enhancement of Launch and Missile Defense systems.
• Collaborate with government, industry, suppliers, and cybersecurity teams across multiple locations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable cybersecurity standards and requirements.
• Develop and propose cyber systems architecture changes with traceability to requirements.
• Provide cybersecurity implementation guidance and technical oversight.
• Develop and document engineering processes and procedures.
• Participate in technical reviews of requirements, designs, implementation plans, computer systems, communications systems, networking devices, and architectures.
• Perform cyber attack-surface analysis and recommend risk mitigation strategies.
• Support cybersecurity assessments, security testing, penetration-test planning, and related activities.
• Review cybersecurity assessment plans, procedures, and reports.
• Provide input to program milestones, metrics, schedules, and cybersecurity planning.
• Research and resolve complex technical problems.
• Apply analytical and evaluative techniques to improve cybersecurity implementation.
• Solve multidisciplinary problems in an Agile and DevSecOps environment.
• Support program engineering review boards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, Master’s degree with 3 years, or PhD with 1 year in:
  • Systems Engineering
  • Cybersecurity Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
• Alternatively, 9 years of cyber systems engineering-related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Current, active Secret security clearance required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain an IASAE II certification within six months of hire; CISSP is preferred.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles, theories, and concepts.
• Experience applying Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to develop and model requirements.
• Experience managing requirements or systems engineering artifacts using tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or JIRA.
• Direct experience in one or more systems engineering disciplines, including:
  • Requirements decomposition and derivation
  • Requirements flow-down and traceability
  • System architecture
  • High-level/detail design
  • Implementation
  • Integration and test
  • Verification and validation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing system architectures for complex aerospace vehicles or subsystems using MBSE/SysML.
• OMG SysML Model User Certification.
• IASAE Level III certification, such as ISSEP or ISSAP.
• Top Secret/SCI clearance, with preference for SAP experience.
• Experience supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization artifacts and NIST SP 800-37 requirements.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity systems engineering practices and network technologies.
• Understanding of DoD system development life cycles and methodologies.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure management, monitoring, and applications.
• Experience developing cybersecurity accreditation processes within complex, multi-certification environments.
• Experience working on systems with Cyber/Information Assurance requirements throughout planning, design, implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Experience managing technical efforts using Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Strong ability to negotiate technical requirements, strategies, and competing priorities among diverse stakeholders.

Primary Skills

1. Cyber Systems Engineering / Cybersecurity
2. MBSE / SysML
3. Requirements Engineering & Traceability – DOORS, Cameo, JIRA

Security Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Secret clearance required at the time of consideration.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance.
• Additional SCI/SAP experience is preferred.

Additional Information

This position is intended to be contract-to-hire and aligns with a full-time Principal Cyber Systems Engineer opportunity. Conversion to a full-time position is the intended path but is not guaranteed.