Cybersecurity Engineer (Cyberspace Warfare Development)

Location: Norfolk, VA

Category: Cybersecurity & IT Solutions

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Tags: Joint, OSD, Interagency Division (JOID), Secret

Overview Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted. The Joint, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Interagency Division provides expert support services to a range of customers spanning across the Department of Defense, Federal Civilian, and international markets. JOID provides a diverse portfolio of analytical and programmatic capabilities to help our customers make informed decisions on their most challenging issues. SPAs NATO Allied Command Transformation Group within JOID provides capability development, portfolio management, program management, quality management, cost estimation analysis, standardization, reporting, software solutions and information management, and capability management support. We also provide an improved capability requirements capture process, including the generation, documentation and tracing of user requirements, with appropriate technical scrutiny, over the entire lifecycle of the requirements from capability definition through capability realization and capability usage. We have an upcoming need for a Cybersecurity Engineer to provide onsite support for NATO ACT out of Norfolk, VA. Responsibilities Based on NATO operational needs, requirements, literature review, and high-level direction and guidance from ACT Program Director, the candidate will develop, describe, and document cyber capabilities. Develop, analyze, validate, complete, and enhance capability requirements, departing from operational requirements, to translate them into specifications for the capability description. Develop or support the development and documentation of capability architectures. Develop or support the development of capability specifications, including functional and non-functional specifications. Develop or support the development of implementation plans, including analysis of scope, timelines, cost, and risk. Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace capabilities, in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME. Use those Communities of Interest to develop and validate the products resulting from tasking. Support and contribute to other capability development activities including feasibility studies, foresight analysis, technical and operational analysis, experimentation campaigns, etc. Inform, organize, and participate in meetings, workshops, conferences, and other events, and travel to attend those as needed, generally within NATO’s boundaries for up to 20 days per year. Qualifications Required: Master’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, or computer science; a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering, capability development, and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a Master’s degree. Proven recent (at least 3 within the last 5 years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring specifications, architectures, functional analysis, and designs, preferably in the area of military information and cyber systems. Post-degree education in CIS security and cyber defence disciplines, as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Post-degree hands-on experience in architecture drafting, preferably using NATO Architectural Framework (NAF) or similar standard (e.g. TOGAF). Expert-level certification at the level of Program Management Professional (PMP), AXELOS Management of Successful Programs (MSP) or Project Professional Qualification (PPQ). Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating, and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry. Able to work fully onsite based on client needs Active NATO or National Secret (or higher) clearance.

Responsibilities

Based on NATO operational needs, requirements, literature review, and high-level direction and guidance from ACT Program Director, the candidate will develop, describe, and document cyber capabilities. Develop, analyze, validate, complete, and enhance capability requirements, departing from operational requirements, to translate them into specifications for the capability description. Develop or support the development and documentation of capability architectures. Develop or support the development of capability specifications, including functional and non-functional specifications. Develop or support the development of implementation plans, including analysis of scope, timelines, cost, and risk. Build and maintain Communities of Interest (NATO organizations, Nations, Industry, Academia) dedicated to the development and implementation of cyberspace capabilities, in close coordination with the Technical Director and ACT Cyberspace Federation & Partnership SME. Use those Communities of Interest to develop and validate the products resulting from tasking. Support and contribute to other capability development activities including feasibility studies, foresight analysis, technical and operational analysis, experimentation campaigns, etc. Inform, organize, and participate in meetings, workshops, conferences, and other events, and travel to attend those as needed, generally within NATO’s boundaries for up to 20 days per year.

Qualifications

Required: Master’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, or computer science; a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of recent experience in system engineering, capability development, and implementation in a military context will be considered in lieu of a Master’s degree. Proven recent (at least 3 within the last 5 years) post-degree hands-on experience in authoring specifications, architectures, functional analysis, and designs, preferably in the area of military information and cyber systems. Post-degree education in CIS security and cyber defence disciplines, as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Expert or ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). Post-degree hands-on experience in architecture drafting, preferably using NATO Architectural Framework (NAF) or similar standard (e.g. TOGAF). Expert-level certification at the level of Program Management Professional (PMP), AXELOS Management of Successful Programs (MSP) or Project Professional Qualification (PPQ). Demonstrated experience in planning, coordinating, and executing workshops for various stakeholders including governmental agencies, academia and industry. Able to work fully onsite based on client needs Active NATO or National Secret (or higher) clearance.