Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Company Overview:

KODA is a people-first company recognized as a five-time winner of Huntsvilles Best Places to Work Award certified as a Great Place to Work and a Best Place for Working Parents. KODA is a small business focused on solving complex engineering problems on national-priority projects in domains such as missile defense hypersonics DOD space and civil space.

Our expertise spans Radar and Missile Development Multi-Domain Operations Flight and Ground Test Planning and Execution Tactical Data Link Testing Test Range Instrumentation Systems Engineering and Integration Model and Simulation Development and Digital Engineering/Model-Based Systems Engineering.

The name KODA a Native American word meaning allies embodies our dedication to our customers and each other. Trust and integrity guide us in all we do. We prioritize our people support national-priority missions and give back to our community through the KODA Cares program. We offer competitive compensation excellent benefits and a commitment to professional growth. Join us and learn more at .

Position Overview:

KODA Technologies is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer with a Top-Secret Clearance to provide support to MDAs System Security Engineering Directorate (MDA/CEY) in the development of system-level cybersecurity requirements anti-tamper solutions and execution of a disciplined systems engineering process to produce System-level technical documents necessary to establish the basis for MDA Program Office subsystem engineering.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Provide senior-level support 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 to include cyber tabletop and intelligence exercises.
• Support the evaluation and effectiveness of cyber capabilities to defend the fielded MDS against cyberspace attack.

What Required Skills Youll Bring:

• Masters degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 12 years of related DoD experience.
• Active top-secret clearance or the ability to quickly qualify for one.
• Experience in deriving system requirements based on operational need.
• 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.

What Desired Skills Youll Bring:

• Previous MDA experience particularly 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 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 development and manipulation of artificial intelligence/machine learning tools and with applying those tools to systems engineering processes.

Clearance:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and have an active DoD Top-Secret Clearanceor the ability to get one quickly

KODA Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex gender identity sexual orientation pregnancy status as a parent national origin disability (physical or mental) family medical history or genetic information political affiliation military service or other non-merit based factors. If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability contact to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Required Experience:

Senior IC