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Location

Chantilly, Loudoun County, VA | United States

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Description

SAIC has a need for a Communication Systems Security Engineer to provide onsite systems engineering and technical advisory services (SETA) in a dynamic NRO System Program Office (SPO) supporting the Government customer with multiple satellite systems, both on-orbit and in development.  This position will support space and ground communication systems security engineering efforts for all of the SPOs major satellite programs. The job requires excellent communication skills and familiarity with NRO and NSA organization, processes, and systems.

Job Responsibilities:
- Supports the System Program Office (SPO) in a communications security engineering capacity for planning, execution, monitoring, and oversight of systems acquisitions
- Assisting the Government in development, coordination and approval of unique communication security approaches that comply with CNSSP-12
- Assist the Government with monitoring communications security implementations on multiple satellites, networks, and ground systems
- Provide support to Government customer by evaluating and monitoring communications security related elements (including crytographic systems) of space vehicles, ground network gateways, network points of presence, and satellite operations facilities
- Developing documents and briefings to communicate work or study status, briefs Government and industry as required
- Reviewing Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables to ensure content, accuracy, and sufficiency to meet program requirements and objectives
- Participating in program reviews and technical interchange meetings between developers and COTR

Qualifications

- Bachelors Degree in engineering or business and 9 years of communication or security engineering experience
- Masters Degree in engineering or business and 7 years of communication or security engineering experience
- Experience with how NRO or space satellite systems are acquired
- Experience with network firewalls, cross domain systems, and cryptographic implementations
- Experience with space system implementation of National Security Space policies, to include CNSSP-12
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment
- TS/SCI with polygraph

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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