JOB DESCRIPTION

BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. The Cybersecurity Products portfolio group (CSP) develops, sells, and provides customer support for complex Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) based on our proprietary STOP OS and products from BAE SYSTEMS teams in the UK and Australia. At BAE SYSTEMS, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.
We’re seeking a talented Principal Lead Cyber Engineer to join our team at our Reston, VA location. As a Principal Lead Cyber Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to oversee the technical support and security of our Cyber Security Products (CSP) portfolio.
Your Role:
As a Principal Lead Cyber Engineer, you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with key customers, understanding customer needs and identify new sales opportunities, act as a trusted technical advisor to customers and internal sales, and perform system-level security integration and testing. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the security of our products and systems for the war figther while leading a team of support engineers.

You will make impacts as a Principal Lead Cyber Security Engineer in the following ways:

• Decompose customer product security requirements into feature-set capability requirements.
• Developing and delivering compelling product demonstrations and proof-of-concepts.
• Integrate cybersecurity features with existing software products.
• Manage budgets and allocate resources.
• Oversee proof of concept (POC) projects.
• Support cybersecurity audit and test events
• Address escalated technical issues.
• Gather and synthesize customer feedback.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

Education and experience:

• Associate’s or Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in product support engineering or a similar technical role with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
• Strong experience with cybersecurity principles, risk management, and incident response.
• Extensive experience troubleshooting complex technical issues related to hardware, software, and networking.
• Certifications: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Linux+, or equivalent certifications.

Team leadership and management:

• Experience leading, mentoring, setting goals, and developing a team of product support engineers.
• Ability to conduct one-on-one meetings, address team issues, and manage workloads and performance.

Technical skills:

• Capable of designing and proposing solutions that meet customer needs.
• Comfortable providing technical guidance and oversight on complex sales engagements.
• Strong experience working with operating systems (Red Hat, Linux, and Windows).
• Experience with network monitoring and system administration.
• Understanding of purpose and usage of; cryptographic objects: Keys, Certs, CRLs; algorithms: SHA, AES, RSA, ECC, HMAC, GMAC, etc., and protocols: TLS/DTLS, etc.

Communication and collaboration:

• Effective at communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Able to collaborate with internal teams (sales, product, marketing, customer success) and external partners

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

• 5+ years of experience working in the DoD and IC communities.
• 12+ years of experience in product support engineering or a similar technical role.
• Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures.
• Understanding of cryptographic objects, algorithms, and protocols.
• Experience with DISA STIGs and/or IAVA compliance hardening.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership.
• Cloud security (AWS, AXure, GCP).
• ISC2 certified in cybersecurity.
• CISSP certification.

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