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Leidos · 6 hours ago

Cryptographic Security Testing (FIPS 140) Lab Director

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$122K/yr - $221K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Organizational/technical management of CSTL team

Staff/people management, including the training and development of the CSTL team

Resource Management for CSTL team – this includes resource allocations, assessing the need for additional staff, hiring, etc.

Development and implementation of short and long term strategy that will ensure sustainability of CSTL

Quality Assurance: Lead the development/oversight of quality assurance procedures to guarantee the accuracy and reliability of our work. Implement new procedures to continuously improve our quality assurance process.

Customer engagement: Collaborate with customers to understand their specific needs, address concerns, and act as internal escalation for staff members to ensure projects run smoothly within scope and budget.

Process improvement: implement new processes and improvements to current processes to further strengthen our lab’s ability to effectively execute our work.

Maintaining Cryptographic Security Testing Lab Accreditation through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Ensuring ISO 17025 and NIST HB 150 is being met in the execution of the Lab’s duties

Lead technical aspect of the bi-annual accreditation audit with NIST

New business opportunity lead for CSTL

Respond to customer inquiries and meet with potential new and current customers about new work opportunities, working to accurately scope out potential new efforts.

Principal point of contact for NIST/CMVP/CAVP office

Represent Leidos in NIST/CMVP/CAVP management meetings and workshops

A designated signatory authorized to represent Leidos to NIST/CMVP

Travel to various industry conferences to represent Leidos, including but not limited to: ICMC

Qualification

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FIPS 140 expertiseFIPS 140-3 submissionCryptography conceptsISO 17025 complianceNIST HB 150 complianceNIST/CMVP relationshipSecurity protocols knowledgeC programmingC++ programmingPython programmingJava programmingEnglish proficiencyFinancial managementMultitasking skillsTeam managementTechnical writing skillsTime management skills

Required

Expert Crypto Security knowledge, specifically in the field of FIPS 140

ISO 17025 and NIST HB 150 compliance experience

Strong working relationship with NIST/CMVP

Ability to execute all phases of a FIPS 140-3 full submission and related consulting services

Knowledge of cryptography concepts (encryption, key exchange, hashing/message authentication, PKI, random number generators, etc.)

Knowledge of common security related protocols and their design (i.e. SSH, IPsec, TLS, etc.)

Experience with various programming languages (C, C++, Python or Java)

Excellent leadership and team management skills that can be applied to fast paced commercial environment.

Ability to manage large technical team, setting the pace and vision

Strong English (both oral and written) skills.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities.

Strong Proposal writing / technical writing skills

Financial management skills

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Strong multitasking and time management skills.

Require BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology (or similar discipline) and 10+ years of prior Cryptographic Security (FIPS 140) experience, including 2+ years in a CSTL management position.

Benefits

Performance based career development – well defined roles with actionable qualifications. Empowering employees to promotions based upon skills and not time.

Flexible hours within the constructs of the workday

Opportunity to attend industry related conferences and seminars.

Maintain Work-Life balance in an environment that values your health and time outside the workplace.

Opportunity to work with and learn from experts in the given discipline in an open environment.

Great team comradery

Tuition reimbursement within appropriate disciplines