General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) designs and manufactures first-of-a-kind electromagnetic and electric power generation systems. GA-EMS' expanding portfolio of specialized products and integrated system solutions support critical fleet, space systems and satellites, missile defense, power and energy, and process and monitoring applications for defense, industrial, and commercial customers worldwide. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Cybersecurity Architect in our GA-EMS Group located in Rancho Bernardo, CA. This position is for a Cybersecurity Architect for EMS programs who makes high-level design choices, dictates technical standards, including coding standards, tools or platforms, performs cyber and security-based evaluation, assessment, and analysis including identification and remediation of potential operational and programmatic issues, and acts as a liaison to hardware and software designers, project architects and engineers, and program management. Specific duties and responsibilities include: DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures system security needs established and maintained for system design and analysis, test and evaluation, system vulnerability, incident response, security risk assessment, certification and accreditation and other cybersecurity related issues for small to large complex projects.
- Develop and maintain Risk Management documents that align to DODI 8500.02, CNSSI 1253, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171 and similar cyber accreditation requirements from various customer standards.
- Develop secure network and system architectures that align to the standards listed above.
- Implement security standards, typically from Secure Technical Implementation Guides provided by the customer, report risk posture and provide recommended remediations and mitigations of risks.
- Utilize Software tools to perform vulnerability assessments across networks, systems and software development activities.
- Aid in the development, utilization, and evangelization of the cybersecurity tool set, integrated development environment, and processes within the enterprise.
- Responsible for rapidly grasping the function of both system overall operations as well as able to understand the interactions and dependencies among both hardware and software components, applying security and cyber process-based evaluation methods at all program and system levels, and communicating issues and solutions to the program and its engineers and software developers.
Job Qualifications
- Typically requires a bachelor's or master's degree in cybersecurity engineering, computer science or related field and five or more years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with a bachelors or three or more years with a masters degree. Equivalent professional experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
- Holding relevant security certification; Sec+ required