Senior Cybersecurity Advisor for ISS Program

4 weeks ago


Huntsville, Alabama, United States The Aerospace Corporation Full time

The Aerospace Corporation is a trusted partner to the nation's space programs, providing unmatched technical expertise to solve the hardest problems.

As a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space, delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil, and commercial customers.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cybersecurity Advisor to join our team and support the International Space Station (ISS) program.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the security and integrity of the ISS's information systems and networks, working closely with our NASA partners to identify and mitigate potential security risks.

This is a full-time position based in Huntsville, AL, offering a hybrid work model that combines 3-4 regular onsite workdays and remote flexibility as the business needs allow.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Providing Network Communications and Systems Architecting across all ISS IT platforms, including agency and international partner systems.
  • Integrating Systems/Operations to ensure that system component development meets all core requirements.
  • Utilizing advanced techniques for Risk Mitigation measures where compliance cannot be supported in the Mission world.
  • Developing security views and viewpoints of the system architecture and design.
  • Designing preemptive and reactive features and functions included within a balanced strategy to control asset loss and associated loss consequences.
  • Providing IT consulting, International Partner network planning, and serving as the primary independent IT consultant to the entire ISS program.
  • Advising the ISS Program Manager, ISS PPC Director, and CIO leaders on programmatic integration for space station digital environments.
  • Evaluating cloud-based solutions and ensuring they are in line with ISS, agency, and International Partner needs.
  • Enhancing and maintaining ISS IT System Security (Cybersecurity).
  • Assisting in the maintenance of the ISS system security plan, coordinating across the agency and user communities, including reviewing, and providing input to ISS partner and supplier system security plans.
  • Providing oversight and recommendations for improved ISS cybersecurity matters.
  • Working with stakeholders to ensure that security objectives, protection needs and concerns, assurance needs, security requirements (including measures of effectiveness [MOEs] and measures of performance [MOPs]), and associated validation methods are defined.
  • Using predefined framework to define system security requirements and associated verification methods.
  • Identifying and assessing susceptibilities and vulnerabilities.
  • Providing security considerations to inform systems engineering efforts to reduce errors, flaws, and weaknesses that may constitute a security vulnerability.
  • Identifying, quantifying, and evaluating the costs and benefits of security features, functions, and considerations to inform assessments of alternative solutions, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions.
  • Demonstrating through evidence-based reasoning that security and trustworthiness claims for the system have been satisfied to the desired level of assurance.
  • Leveraging security and other specialties to address all feasible solutions.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, mathematics, or another related STEM discipline.
  • At least 18 years of experience with NASA IT systems and Cybersecurity expertise.
  • Direct experience integrating the digital environments onboard the ISS.
  • Demonstrable expertise/experience working with ISS Internal Partners to provide cybersecurity and network communications/IT systems architecting solutions at the agency level.
  • Superior analytical, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including effectively explaining concepts to managers and scientists.
  • Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary setting, manage multiple concurrent tasks, and provide direction on competing priorities.
  • Willing to travel occasionally to work location or customer site/domestically/internationally, approximately 10%.
  • This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in science, engineering, or mathematics, and/or advanced education/training in specialized areas of Systems Development, Networking/Communications, and Cybersecurity.
  • Deep knowledge of NASA IT processes.
  • Demonstrated experience with collaborations supporting multiple research disciplines/specialties.

Our Leadership Philosophy:

Every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people.

To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

  • Operate Strategically.
  • Lead Change.
  • Engage with Impact.
  • Foster Innovation.
  • Deliver Results.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
  • 401(k) Plan - Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire.
  • Flexible spending accounts.
  • Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
  • Relocation assistance.
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career.
  • Education assistance programs.
  • An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.

Equal Opportunity Commitment:

The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.



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