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Lead, Systems Engineer - Offensive Cyber Operations (Active TS/SCI Clearance Required)

Palm Bay, Florida; Columbia, Maryland; Herndon, Virginia

Job ID 9226
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On the L3Harris team, your job is to secure the world. We don’t work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: We work here because we know what – and who – we’re protecting. From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform – we’re making the world a safer place. Working with the L3Harris's engineering team, you'll join our team of qualified, diverse individuals and work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, global scope, and a collaborative team setting.

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L3Harris Work Perks

  • Health

    • Medical with a High Deductible and traditional PPO plan options, as well as, vision and a full array of supplemental health benefits
    • A doctors' service to help with referrals and second opinions for you, your family, and parents

  • Family

    • 4 weeks of paid parental leave for moms and dads
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    • Subsidized backup childcare and eldercare
    • Adoption assistance - $5,000 per adoption/$15,000 per employee
    • Pet insurance

  • Well-Being

    • No cap to your PTO time (for exempt employees)
    • Dress for your day - wear what works for you at work
    • Legal plan for you, your family, and parents
    • Discount platform
    • 9/80 work schedule available for most U.S. employees, effective October 24, 2022.

Job Description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineer – Offensive Cyber Operations (Active TS/SCI Clearance Required)

Job Code: 9226

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL or Columbia, MD or Herndon, VA

Job Description:

As aLead, Systems Engineer – Cyber Effects you will lead and contribute to architecting, implementing, testing, and troubleshooting cyber applications. Evaluate development and COTS products and services to identify security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and improvement using tools, techniques, and processes that emulate those used by sophisticated and motivated adversaries. Knowledge and expertise of computer architecture protocols, stacks, major COTS components and associated hardware architectures.  As you develop operational CONOPS, you will work with creative, innovative, and collaborative team of hardware and software engineers to analyze and develop offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. You will interface with program customers to develop key strategies and capabilities to meet stakeholder needs.   

Essential Functions:

The candidate should be able to perform the following tasks with minimal oversight:

  • Direct DoD & IC offensive cyber experience in both full lifecycle program development efforts and operational environments as well as establishing new relationships within both customer bases
  • In-depth experience in both DoD & IC offensive cyber missions and operations and how the different customer sets operate in their respective mission spaces
  • Build strong relationships with offensive cyber organizations, businesses, and people
  • Technical execution lead for offensive cyber developments leading multidisciplinary teams, developing external & internal requirements, CONOPs, ICDs, etc.; including integrating capabilities with other contractors and directly with Customers
  • Senior Program Management experience in all program aspects for offensive cyber programs managing customer relationships, managing and controlling requirements, schedule, cost, and managing operational evaluation events
  • Cyber Area Lead responsible for establishing offensive cyber development standards and best practices, recruiting, talent growth and supporting Business Development activities
  • Interact with senior program managers and customers to define embedded security approaches and strategies
  • Lead trade studies to identify the most economical solution to satisfy requirements
  • Develop internal requirements, CONOPs and interface control documents from customer / product requirements
  • Support full program development lifecycles including concept, design fabrication, production, test, installation, operations, maintenance and disposal
  • Provide technical leadership to development teams at internal and external gate reviews such as technical baseline reviews and design reviews

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • Current TS/SCI  Security Clearance required.
  • Offensive Cyber Operations experience. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Solid technical foundation and proven experience working with development engineering teams as well as direct customer interaction.
  • Demonstrated subcontract technical management
  • Security of virtualization platforms and techniques

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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