Senior FIPS 140 Security Engineer (Federal Information Processing Standards)

Senior FIPS 140 Security Engineer
Must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
100% remote

The Accredited Testing and Evaluation (AT&E, Common Criteria/FIPS) team, provides the opportunity to work in the growing IT Security field in support of National defense. The products you will touch will be deployed into larger systems and/or deployments to facilitate secure communications for our military in the modern cyber warfare environment.

Job Qualifications:
• Knowledge of FIPS 140 requirements
• Knowledge of cryptographic encryption algorithms, key exchange algorithms, hashing/message authentication algorithms, PKI, random number generators, etc.
• Experience with various programming languages (C, C++, Python or Java) and development environments.
• Ability to comprehend security standard requirements and apply them to products.
• Knowledge of common security related protocols and their design (i.e. SSH, IPsec, TLS, etc.).
• Experience building testing environments, performing testing and reporting results (technical writing).
• CVP Certified Tester
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong multitasking and time management.

Job Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with VHDL and Verilog languages.
• Experience with debugging (GDB, WinDBG, Visual Studio, etc.).
• Experience with statistical analysis of entropy sources.
• Knowledge of OpenSSL and/or OpenPGP.
• Vulnerability Analysis and/or penetration testing experience/expertise.
• Strong knowledge of computer security principles and best practices.
• Strong English (both oral and written) skills.
• Related certifications (CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, JNCIA/JNCIS/JNCIP/JNCIE).
• Knowledge of Active Directory and Linux.
• Hands on experience using tools such as an oscilloscope, function generator, multimeter, signal generator, etc.
• Knowledge of X.509 certificates and their attributes as well as protocols such as CDP and OCSP.
• Experience setting up networks and familiarity with subnets and routing.

Job Education and Experience:
• Require BS degree and 4 - 8 years of prior relevant experience in order to operate within the scope contemplated by the level

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