Avion Solutions Inc., an employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

Provide senior-level support in developing cyber developmental test and evaluation (DT&E) approaches.
Evaluate cybersecurity DT&E results and identify cybersecurity-related risks to Missile Defense System programs.
Integrate cyber requirements into system designs and into various cyber development and testing events, including cyber tabletop and intelligence exercises.
Support the evaluation and effectiveness of cyber capabilities to defend the fielded MDS against cyberspace attack.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

Master’s degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 12 years of related DoD experience.
Experience in deriving system requirements based on operational needs.
Knowledge of and experience in test planning/execution, and in evaluation/analysis of resulting test data.
Experience with blue and red team testing techniques and their application to both tabletop exercises and DT&E.
Experience in characterizing system-level risks and in developing associated recommendations for senior leadership.
Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate technical information to senior MDA leaders.
Must be a U.S. citizen and have an active Top Secret DoD Secret Security Clearance.
Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous MDA experience, particularly in MDA systems engineering.
Knowledge of MDA systems engineering processes.
Knowledge of ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missile defense fundamentals.
Knowledge of Software Assurance and Zero Trust policy application in systems engineering.
Knowledge of the joint targeting process and its application to potential adversarial activity in operational cyberspace.
Experience with applying cybersecurity, cyber resilience, and cyber survivability policy/guidance to system requirement development, system test planning, and system evaluation.
Experience translating cyber threat intelligence and operational risks into testable, system-level cybersecurity requirements for warfighting or mission-critical systems.
Experience with development and/or review of system architectures, safety hazards, and failure analysis documentation.
Experience with development and/or review of model-based system engineering models.
Knowledge of system security engineering principles, such as anti-tamper, supply chain risk evaluation, and program protection, and their interaction with cybersecurity implementations.
Experience with the development and manipulation of artificial intelligence/machine learning tools, and with applying those tools to systems engineering processes.

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