Are you passionate about creating and managing for highly complex systems? Join our team! As a Systems Security Engineer II, you will be using your skills and expertise to design, test, and implement our secure operating systems, networks, security monitoring, and tuning. You'll be responsible for the management of our IT security systems and applications, incident response, digital forensics, loss prevention, and eDiscovery actions, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, and developing and implementing security controls. You'll research, evaluate, and recommend new security tools, techniques, and technologies in alignment with our IT security strategy and introduce them to the enterprise.

In this role, you will act as a security technical liaison and administrator of a classified mission system deployed for USG aircraft. You will help our USG sponsors accelerate cutting edge technology implementations while enhancing mission success. As part of a larger Systems Security Engineering and Cybersecurity team, you will be introduced to leading trends, capabilities and practices in our field.

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/

Responsibilities:

• Lead STIG compliance and Cybersecurity Operational Readiness efforts

• Lead Windows Active Directory, User Account, GPO & Client administration

• Facilitate Operating Systems (OS) Patch Management utilizing tools such as WSUS, PDQ Deploy, and Linux Repositories

• Maintain and review system audit functions & records

• Maintain & Support Public Key Infrastructure based authentication

• Navigate Vulnerability Management via Tenable Security Center and/or Nessus

• Navigate Cisco & Brocade Router and Switch functionality with STIG compliance requirements

• Communicate, Collaborate, & Demonstrate system security features & functions to system engineers providing technical guidance and direction needed to meet todays Cybersecurity Requirements

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Security, Network Engineering, Information Technology, or related Engineering discipline and typically 3 years of relevant experience

• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education

• Security+ certification

• Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) Implementation

• Windows Active Directory

• VMware - ESXi

• vCenter Appliances

• Thin Clients

• vLAN Architectures Understanding of:

• NIST SP 800-53, Risk Management Framework (RMF)

• CNSSI 1253

• An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required

Preferred:

• Linux System Adminstration

• Tenable Security Center or Nessus

• Splunk VEEAM & or Backup & Replication

• Cisco, Brocade, & Curtis Wright Routers and Switches

• Juniper Firewalls

• eMASS

• Xacta

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC (https://www.sncorp.com/who-we-are/about-snc/)

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $91,154.71 - $125,337.72. SNC considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates’ key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires current/active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances. (https://www.dcsa.mil/About/)

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.