Senior Systems Security Engineer (Database)

If you like solving complex IT and security problems using your deep analytical skills, this is the opportunity for you! As a Sr Systems Security Engineer, 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 design, deployment, maintenance and operations of multiple databases within a secure engineering network in use for a US Air Force customer. 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.

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. Learn more about IAS

 

In this position you’ll work side-by-side with a small team of motivated technologists who are charged to design the engineering and acquisition systems of the future. The right candidate will have a deep understanding and significant experience in building and maintaining databases of various types but with specific focuses in SQL and CQL (NEO4J). In this position you will design and develop graph database models, optimize complex queries for speed and scalability and maintain all pertinent documentation. Additionally, you’ll develop and execute normal testing to validate data quality and system performance. Finally, you’ll work with other specialists and team members to ensure that applications and integrations function across the entire system. Our small team is primarily responsible for fielding a bespoke, hybrid environment that spans multiple security levels and aims to maintain authoritative sources of truth (ASoT)s and data traceability across all engineering disciplines and for the life of the program.

 

Must Haves:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Security, Network Engineering, Information Technology, or related Engineering discipline and typically 10 years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Significant experience in designing, deploying and maintaining databases of various types
• Ability to refine strategic and operational guidance into actionable tasks for execution
• Ability to gain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance

 

Preferred:

• ISSO Security+, CISA, or CASP+ Certification
• Practitioner or Administrator – level data certification for Microsoft, MySQL or equivalent
• Experience with CQL type databases and deploying & maintaining them
• Current TS/SCI clearance is preferred
• Experience working in classified networks and exposure to NIST SP 800-53 and the Risk Management Framework (RMF)

 

At Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (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

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $143,487.14 - $197,294.82. 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 annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top 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.

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.