Company Overview

At Hexagon US Federal we provide cutting-edge technologies and a wide range of professional services to enable our customers to make smarter and faster operational decisions and improve mission effectiveness.

Hexagon US Federal is an independent subsidiary of Hexagon Corporation exclusively focused on bringing the broad range of Hexagon technologies to the US Federal government and its partners. 

A day in the life of a System Security Engineer:

The System Security Engineer (SSE) will provide Technology Protection and engineering assistance to an Army acquisition program. Apply scientific and engineering principles to identify security vulnerabilities in hardware, software, or firmware and develop risks and mitigations associated with these vulnerabilities. Position will play a key role in protecting critical technology and recommending appropriate countermeasures and program protection strategies.

Location: Huntsville, AL or Chantilly, VA

Job Duties Include:

• Document program protection planning in the systems engineering plan (SEP), program protection plan (PPP) and system security plan (SSP).
• Analyze and assist engineering and program management with program protection requirements analysis.
• Provide technical support to identify vulnerabilities for CPI, mission critical functions, mission critical components, and recommend appropriate security controls.
• Support system threat assessments, vulnerability identification, security risk analysis, and security test and evaluation.
• Provide System Security Engineer subject matter expertise in meetings, system engineering technical review (SETR) process, and through each adaptive acquisition framework pathway.

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Candidate must have a master's degree in a specialized field plus a minimum of 4 years of applicable experience; or, a bachelor's degree in the specialized field plus 5 years of applicable experience; or, a bachelor's degree in any field with a minimum of 5 years of specialized experience.
• Top Secret clearance, preferred.
• Candidate will provide subject matter expertise in the system engineering technical review (SETR) process and through each adaptive acquisition framework pathway.
• Must have thorough understanding of engineering principles and analyze a wide range of technology principles.
• Must have familiarity with security requirements (e.g., anti-tamper, exportability features, supply chain risk management, secure design, defense-in-depth and cybersecurity implementation) required.
• Must have DAU Courses such as ACQ 160 or ENG 260 or equivalent experience.

 Required Level of Security Clearance: Active Secret Clearance. Top Secret Preferred.

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

What we will provide in return:

·Competitive health care plans with savings accounts

·Dental and vision plans

·401k with 100% company match up to 6%, with immediate vesting on company match

·Life and disability insurance

·Learning Management System with robust offerings

·Tuition Reimbursement Program

·Paid Time Off

·13 paid holidays per year

·Thrive Wellness Program

·DE&I Committee with regular educational sessions and communications

·Leadership Development Program with multiple learning options

At Hexagon US Federal, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. We are pleased to offer a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Program: this employee-led program offers monthly speakers, newsletters, training, outreach and more as well as VALOR (Veterans and Allies: Leadership, Outreach, Resources): our veterans’ employee resource group.

We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, ability and more. If you need accommodations to make our process more accessible to you, please email us at hexusfed-hr@hexagonusfederal.com. We can’t wait to meet you!

Hexagon US Federal is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.