Cyber Engineer Principal

Job ID: 2411252-HUNTSVILLE-AL

Location: HUNTSVILLE, AL, US

Date Posted: 2024-10-23

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cyber Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking Cyber Engineers to support the Space Development Agency (SDA) Advanced Fire Control Ground Infrastructure (AFCGI) program. This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance and is hybrid remote with occasional work at local SAIC sites (1-3 times weekly) and travel to customer sites. Desired physical location is in the Huntsville, AL area.

SAIC will be developing, deploying, operating and maintaining a common, enduring, ground infrastructure to support multiple SDA space vehicle demonstration and experimentation programs. The ground infrastructure consists of worldwide Ground Entry Points (GEPs, which are ground antennas), cloud infrastructure, Demonstration Operations Center (DOC), monitoring and control software, and a global network to tie it all together. Consistent with the SDA's approach, the program will be fast-paced, dynamic, highly exciting and uniquely rewarding for the right candidate.

The Cyber Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Apply engineering knowledge of security solutions to design, develop and/or implement solutions to ensure programs are consistent with enterprise architecture security requirements and the DoD Risk Management Framework and support full spectrum military cyberspace operations
• Support various systems architecting and engineering activities such as system requirements definition, design, interface management, data architecture development, verification and validation, systems integration, performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis & estimation, decision analysis, and technical performance assessments
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Perform engineering analysis and develops technical requirements and designs for ground systems, ground antennas, ground software, cloud infrastructure, global networks and mission operations centers
• Support development of system engineering items such as CONOPs, requirements definitions (or features, themes, epics), system testing, algorithm document review, and interfaces to other application development efforts
• Work with external organizations, agencies, and offices to develop strategies in support of Department of Defense (DoD) architectures, defines future capability and interoperability needs, develops system architectures, conducts system level trades, and assesses the performance of current and future architecture concepts

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering or equivalent technical discipline and 9 years or more experience; 4 additional years of relevant cybersecurity experience may be used in lieu of degree
• Experience with cybersecurity integration with major ground, space or weapons systems and defensive cyber operations
• Experience working across customer, partner and subcontractor organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements that ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met

Desired Qualifications:

• Cyber Workforce Management Program (DoD 8140.01 and DoD 8570.01-m) Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level III and/or Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level II certification

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.