Req ID: 49142
Team: E50 PROP AND REAC ENG PLNG YRD
Entity: Newport News Shipbuilding

US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes

Full-Time
Shift: 1st
Relocation: No relocation assistance available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: No - Not eligible for telework

Travel Requirements: Yes, 10%-25% of the time

Clearance Required: No - Clearance Not Required to Start

Salary Range: $135,000.00 to $170,000.00

The anticipated salary range represents the estimated base pay for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors, and may vary from the posted range

The Role

Designs, tests, and implements state-of-the-art secure operating systems, networks, and database products. Conducts risk assessment and provides recommendations for application design. Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access. Uses encryption technology, penetration and vulnerability analysis of various security technologies, and information technology security research. May prepare security reports to regulatory agencies.

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Propulsion and Reactor Engineering Planning Yard (PREPY) is seeking leadership for our centralized cybersecurity team. This team organizationally reports to the Management in the Networks, Software, and Cybersecurity (NSC) section of the PREPY, but provides services to all PREPY groups cognizant over IT and network-based components. The group supports land-based lab environments, developmental networks, and shipboard systems in Naval Nuclear Propulsion Plant (NNPP) platforms.

Duties will include:
• Provide leadership to teams developing and executing Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities, System Security Plans (SSP), Continuous Monitoring Plans, Platform IT (PIT) Risk Acceptance Packages (PRA), Security Assessment Reports (SAR), and obtaining/maintaining network Authority to Operate (ATO)
• Overseeing the group's collaboration with other PREPY teams; Ensuring the right people are embedded in the right teams at the right times to integrate cybersecurity requirements and objectives into system/component developments
• Liaison with other NNS Engineering teams, IT, and Security to align on methodologies to achieve team objectives
• Managing the daily operations of the team, providing clear expectations, and holding people accountable to performance goals

The ideal candidate will have professional experience or knowledge of:
• NNPP systems, designs, operations, and cultural values
• DoD and Navy Security frameworks including the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Assessment and Authorization Process Manual (DAAG), DoD 5220.22-M (NISPOM), DoD 8510.01 (RMF), OPNAVINST N9210.3 (UNNPI), and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
• NIST Technical Publications including but not limited to 800-37, 800-53, and 800-53a
• Implementing security controls on a wide variety of computer-based and networked systems

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of progressive technical experience in research, engineering and design; Master?s Degree and 4 years of relevant experience

One of the following may be used as an equivalent to Bachelor's Degree for Information Technology Related Positions Only:

• NNS Apprentice School graduate
• Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
• Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience
• Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience
• High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience
• High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
A relevant professional certification can be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.

Nice to Have