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# Information Assurance Engineer

- **Company:** General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Scottsdale, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $125,275.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, User Authentication, CompTIA Security+, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Requirements Management, Software Requirements Analysis, Subsystems, Systems Architecture, Software Security, Devsecops
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5782469383

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience., * Ability to create an environment where the impact of technology on the business is clearly recognized

 * Exceptional aptitude for working with team members to implement cybersecurity technologies, principles, and concepts

## Description

* Works with system development / deployment teams to implement secure system architecture and designs
 * Champions security perspective for decisions related to implementing and verifying security controls
 * Produces and maintains system Cybersecurity design documentation
 * Produces and maintains Security Control Traceability Matrix (SCTM) and inheritable control sets for test traceability
 * Leads Risk Management Framework (NIST 800-37 RMF) efforts to produce body of evidence for security requirements by applying engineering, organizational knowledge, and expertise to achieve technical goals
 * Leads discussions with development and test teams to plan, implement, and support verification of security requirements
 * Actively participates in an agile team to organize, prioritize, and status work efforts
 * Maps evidence from other security requirement sources (STIGs, NCDSMO, DISA) within SCTM

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

 * Strong security mindset and comfortable questioning system behavior that is inconsistent with key security principles
 * Self-directed/ self-starting ability
 * Skilled at executing complex tasks
 * Excellent ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions

Preferred experience:

 * Cybersecurity System Engineering, Risk Management Framework, Defense in Depth
 * Active cybersecurity certifications such as ISC2 CISSP (preferred), Security+, CEH
 * Ground to Satellite communication knowledge
 * Ground operations experience
 * Performs requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, detail trade studies under leadership of lead Cybersecurity System Engineer.
 * Performs customer requirements analysis, develops system requirements and defines allocations to lower levels (elements and components)
 * Performs detailed technical analyses for a subsystem or system elements
 * Develops and evaluates systems, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable governmental security specifications
 * Secure Software Factory / Secure DevSecOps
 * System accreditation/certification evaluation and test support to ensure all technical security features (e.g., identification, authentication, access control, labeling, and auditing) of the system are considered and function properly
 * Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects
 * Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above
 * Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
 * Designs a complete and complex framework, system or product
 * Multi-level security domain expertise (and cross-domain)
 * Quickly (with a more agile light-weight approach) decomposing requirements to a level that can avoid requirements bloat (and communicate/track impacts)
 * People that may have a working relationship with related people from Iridium, SDA, Northrup, York, and Lockheed
 * People with agile program experience