Systems Security Engineering Mgr. 2 – Aht

Systems Security Engineering Mgr. 2 – Aht

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of related experience, or Master’s with 6 years related experience, or PhD with 4 years related experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related STEM field.
• Strong leadership qualities, including excellent communication and collaboration, team engagement, and organizational skills.
• Experience leading and contributing to the development of SSE solutions for weapons systems.
• Experience in technical problem solving, to include decomposition of requirements, root cause analysis, solution development, implementation and verification.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in systems engineering.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering and Software Engineering processes and milestones; understanding of the requirements analysis, decomposition, and allocation process. Able to work well within a team environment and adapt quickly to change.
• Minimum 8 years of cybersecurity/anti-tamper-related experience.
• Prior people management experience.
• U.S Citizenship with an active DoD Secret Clearance prior to starting.
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Special Access Program (SAP) access.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop staff by providing an environment that encourages ongoing professional growth. Ensure staff receive the appropriate training and skill development opportunities to be successful in their roles.
• Collaborate with peer Department Managers and the Director to develop a strategy for organizational growth and retention.
• Take lead responsibility for departmental performance ensuring deliverables meet technical quality, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Develop plans to resolve SSE issues, communicate the plan, and advise Senior Leadership on progress.
• Technically contribute to the design, development, implementation and verification of SSE solutions into AW missile products.
• Apply sound engineering principles, metrics, and ensure compliance with all published processes and standards in SSE solutions.
• Recommend use of tools and technologies to ensure alignment to operational initiatives.
• Actively participate in process improvement and process corrective action boards/groups.
• Provide resources for proposals; participate in proposal writing as needed; develop, review, and approve Basis of Estimates (BOEs) as needed.
• Work with Engineering Management and Program Management to ensure all programs are adequately and appropriately staffed.
• Be accountable for managing the people, processes, and tools that support the Systems Security engineering team of ~10 engineers.
• Establish annual employee goals and conduct periodic performance appraisals against the goals.
• Manage hiring activities, including creating job requisitions, recruiting, interviewing, and making hiring decisions in a group that is in the process of expanding.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the defense industry on weapon systems.
• Advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields.
• Familiarity with Embedded Software, Anti-Tamper, Information Assurance/Cyber-Security, or other Program Protection Engineering disciplines.
• Possess a DOD 8570 certification: CompTIA Security+, CISSP or similar.
• Experience in communicating with all levels of peers, management and customers in a methodical, and detailed fashion.
• Prior technical program execution leadership for a team of 10+ SSE personnel.
• Previous functional management experience leading a team of SSE engineers for at least 2 years.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance with periodic reinvestigation within the last five (5) years.