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Security Engineer III (SSE SME)

AI summary of the role

Lead security engineering for a defense acquisition program, owning the Program Protection Plan and serving as SME across cross-domain solutions, anti-tamper, COMSEC, and cyber.

What you’ll do

  • Own the Program Protection Plan (PPP) and all appendices (Anti-Tamper, TEMPEST, COMSEC, cyber).
  • Serve as SME across security subdomains (CDS, anti-tamper, COMSEC, cyber) and integrate into engineering baseline.
  • Own security requirements traceability across all security subdomains.
  • Lead near-term Critical Program Information (CPI) assessment with Northrop Grumman.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, IS, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years designing, building, and supporting enterprise integration solutions.
  • 5+ years demonstrated security-engineering product experience.
  • Experience leading technical teams or workstreams through design, development, testing, and deployment.

Technologies

Program Protection Plan (PPP) · Anti-Tamper · TEMPEST · COMSEC · cross-domain solutions (CDS) · cyber risk assessment · National Cyber Range · red/blue-team · TS/SCI clearance

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Design, build, and modernize enterprise integration solutions that connect systems, data, and applications across complex environments. As a Lead Integration Engineer II, you will help deliver scalable, secure, and reliable integration capabilities that support business transformation and client impact. This role requires strong engineering execution, solution design experience, and the ability to lead technical workstreams across the delivery lifecycle. Work you'll do As a Lead Integration Engineer II on the Engineering & Integration team, you will be responsible for… Owning the Program Protection Plan (PPP) and all appendices (Anti-Tamper plan, TEMPEST concept plan, and related security-engineering products). Serving as SME across the security subdomains - cross-domain solutions (CDS), anti-tamper (AT), COMSEC, and cyber - and integrate them into the engineering baseline. Owning
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Design, build, and modernize enterprise integration solutions that connect systems, data, and applications across complex environments. As a Lead Integration Engineer II, you will help deliver scalable, secure, and reliable integration capabilities that support business transformation and client impact. This role requires strong engineering execution, solution design experience, and the ability to lead technical workstreams across the delivery lifecycle. Work you'll do As a Lead Integration Engineer II on the Engineering & Integration team, you will be responsible for… Owning the Program Protection Plan (PPP) and all appendices (Anti-Tamper plan, TEMPEST concept plan, and related security-engineering products). Serving as SME across the security subdomains - cross-domain solutions (CDS), anti-tamper (AT), COMSEC, and cyber - and integrate them into the engineering baseline. Owning security requirements traceability across all security subdomains. Leading the near-term Critical Program Information (CPI) assessment with Northrop Grumman Supporting future in-air-vehicle CDS definition Supporting the future cyber risk assessment (tabletop through red/blue-team on the National Cyber Range). A successful candidate would possess these skills: Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team Effective written and verbal communication skills Meticulous attenti [... source excerpt omitted ...] capabilities aligned to business and technical priorities. This section is placeholder content and can be revised to reflect the specific practice, offering, or market alignment. Qualifications Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience 8+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise integration solutions 5+ years of demonstrated security-engineering product experience Experience leading technical teams or workstreams through design, development, testing, and deployment Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the wo [... source excerpt omitted ...] ty-engineering products, including Anti-Tamper, TEMPEST, COMSEC, cybersecurity, and cross-domain solution documentation. Experience translating CPI protection needs into security requirements, contract language, system specifications, and engineering controls. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. A

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