L3Harris Technologies Looking for Lead, System Security Engineering (Remote) at Halifax, NS Full Time

L3Harris MAS, headquartered in Mirabel (QC), is a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

This job can be located in Enfield (NS), Mirabel (QC) or Ottawa (ON).

As Senior Business Analyst you will:

An active member of the Weapon Systems Software team, a section within the Software Engineering department at MAS.

The Lead, System Security Engineer will be overall responsible for defining and maintaining the security posture of aerospace platforms and their associated ground systems and supply chains throughout their lifecycles. This position will require close collaboration on multiple avionics and/or security-related projects and technologies, interfacing with team members within the organization as well as external partners and customers.

The Lead, System Security Engineer will be responsible for leading a system security team of highly qualified professional personnel. The position is responsible for leading the elaboration of the system security engineering program at MAS. These responsibilities include planning and managing research and development system security engineering activities, supporting bid proposals, and leading the evolution of the company’s cybersecurity system integration laboratory.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Develop and maintain the vision and roadmap of the system security engineering capabilities at MAS.
• Develop the system security engineering team’s training plan for their development in knowledge and skills.
• Oversee the development and update security threat risk assessment (TRA) for aerospace platforms and their associated enabling systems and supply chains.
• Oversee mission and airworthiness assurance analysis to determine system security requirements and security controls and safeguards in accordance with government security policies and standards.
• Support the security and accreditation process of networked avionics subsystems requiring connectivity to national information systems.
• Lead the development and implementation of comprehensive security and cyber threat Detection, Response, Prediction and Prevention processes.
• Monitor recent security and cyber threats, recommend courses of action and provide proactive solution to mitigate risks.
• Interface with MAS IT security officer on security matters as needed.
• Analyse existing avionics subsystems, propose, design, develop and implement improved security controls and safeguards in accordance with government security policies and standards.
• Support internal and formal technical reviews of proposed changes to all avionics subsystems and provide security design advice and recommendations as needed.
• Perform security audits at various stakeholders’ locations.
• Develop project plans and proposals. Establish timeline, schedule, cash flow, stages of the project and prepare status reports as required.
• Interfaces with customer for product management and project technical matters.
• Study product design, customer requirements, and performance standards. Generate compliance and conduct verification and validation on the product or services generated.
• Review and manage subcontractor work. Oversee and coordinate all technical aspect of the project.
• Reports status on deliverables and engineering studies.
• Supports the update of annual budget planning.
• Perform other related duties as required.
• Work is not generally supervised in detail and the amount of supervision varies depending upon the assignment.