NASA Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the NASA position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for engineering and technical support, including extensive research, to safety and reliability assessments for NASA Programs/Project including the International Space Station, Gateway, Commercial Crew, and/or Orion.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Use/customize open source interactive development environments
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, and requirements allocation and interface definition studies to evaluate compliance of software specifications with customer requirements
• Develop independent test plans, cases, procedures, and scripts and performs independent testing of safety-critical and mission-critical software systems
• May occasionally be assigned IV&V tasks outside of the GN&C domain in accordance with capabilities and program needs
• Be able to successfully pass a NASA Background Investigation for access to NASA and IV&V program data
• Be a highly organized individual who can operate within a highly technical and schedule-driven environment
• Maintains excellent rapport with all internal and external customer
• Experience synthesizing and analyzing GN&C algorithms, gains, filters

I would like to submit my application for the NASA opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for analytical support to the program management team regarding platform engineering capabilities, functions, and solutions.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Develop simulations and test beds by utilizing NASA-developed middleware
• Maintain NASA in-house developed middleware utilized for developing simulation test beds
• Lead scoping, planning efforts and designing NASA ground launch systems simulation test bed
• Working knowledge of QEMU
• Exceptional in C and C++
• Experience with Wind River products such as VxWorks and Simics
• Knowledge of NASA middleware and their applications
• Should have a good understanding of government procurement, federal contracts, regulations and procedures, and DoD/NASA operations and maintenance services

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the NASA position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for expertise in the application of system safety and reliability analyses in support of NASA’s human spaceflight programs including, but not limited to, the Commercial Crew, Orion Multipurpose Crewed Vehicle, and Gateway Programs.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience with software simulation
• Experience developing software using C, C++, C#, or Java
• May provide mentorship of other, more junior team members
• Gaining an understanding of NASA requirements and the application of NASA security requirements within the current cyber landscape
• Coordination and managing high school interns engaged in support of SSO during the summer months
• Other Information Assurance and SSO functions as assigned
• Currently enrolled in Cybersecurity related courses or have other experience or pursuing certifications in the Cybersecurity domain
• Familiarity with requirements of business continuity, operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, internal counter-espionage (insider threat detection and mitigation), physical security analysis (including facilities analysis), and security management

In response to your job posting for NASA, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for technical integration with other engineering disciplines, SLS Elements, and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Demonstrated access to key NASA IT government customers and industry partners
• Prior experience supporting business development and capture efforts for NASA
• Strong, respected relationships within NASA IT community
• Previous working experience with NASA or other Cyber based Federal agencies
• Highly prefer a prior Public Trust/NACI or Secret/Top Secret Clearance
• Preferred Certifications such as CISSP, GCIA, CEH, GCIH, GCFA or CSIH
• Software hazard analysis and risk assessment in conjunction with the development of a system reference model
• Perform NASA independent testing on missions such as, but not limited to NASA Human Exploration Operations (HEO) missions

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the NASA position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for guidance, direction, and supervision in all areas of contracted effort such as program management, systems engineering, major system acquisitions, and financial management.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Requires substantial experience and contacts in the NASA market
• Demonstrated access to key NASA government customers and industry partners
• Strong, respected relationships within NASA community
• Understanding of classified risk development, mitigation and communication
• Experience developing Red-Blue Team Cyber War Scenarios and Exercises and developing the environment/infrastructure to perform these exercises
• Experience in building/advancing the capabilities of a functional Cyber Lab that includes network/server configuration, hardware procurement, simulation, and virtualization
• Understanding or past experience developing RSA NetWitness/YARA Rules
• Experience deploying/maintaining VDI/VMware