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Sandia National Laboratories · 4 hours ago

Senior/Principal Cybersecurity Engineer - Embedded Systems, Onsite

Albuquerque, NM

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$114K/yr - $228K/yr

5+ years exp

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. The role involves supporting lab-wide efforts focusing on the cybersecurity of embedded hardware systems, performing research, capability development, and analyses to secure, design, and analyze these systems.

GovernmentInformation TechnologyNational Security

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with other researchers across the Labs over the capability development cycle to discover, model, validate, and apply new or existing cybersecurity capabilities to embedded systems to deal with constantly evolving technical needs and requirements

You will be involved in supporting Sandia¿s numerous test programs, working to analyze proposed systems to support design, and analyze test data to validate models in support of these programs

Qualification

CybersecurityEmbedded SystemsReverse EngineeringScripting/ProgrammingSecure System DesignVulnerability AssessmentCommunication SkillsLeadership Skills

Required

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development

The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

The ability to obtain and maintain an SCI clearance, which may may require a polygraph

Preferred

Graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Forensics, Mathematics or a directly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation)

Active DOE Q or DOD TS security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an SCI

Experience in one or more of the following: reverse engineering, software vulnerability assessment, web application assessment, computer networking, computer architecture, compilers, or similar computer security topics

Proficiency in scripting or high-level programming

Familiarity with secure-system design principles and information assurance principles

Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to develop technical ideas and results and present them in oral and written form in a concise manner

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded systems

Low-level research in multiple levels of firmware

Embedded systems vulnerability analysis

Professional experience in either weapon system design, embedded system design, mobile device security, vulnerability analysis, or embedded hardware security

Programming experience with an understanding of memory and resource management

Analyzing device software, hardware, and communications protocols

Auditing code in C/C++, Java, Python, assembly, or other languages

Hardware virtualization technologies

Assembly or operating system, application layer, Dev-Ops, and/or network layer programming

Deciphering file formats, data structures, and network protocols

Analyzing mobile device software and hardware

RF (radiofrequency) signal analysis

Mobile/cellular protocols, operating systems, and applications security

Well-developed leadership skills and able to prioritize and execute in a principled and focused manner