Systems Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer - Computer Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance Required) Job Code: 8096 Job Location: Palm Bay, FL or Herndon, VA Job Description: As a Systems Engineer - Computer Engineer you will lead and contribute to architecting, implementing, testing, and troubleshooting embedded security applications. Evaluate development and COTS products and services to identify security vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and improvement using tools, techniques, and processes that emulate those used by sophisticated and motivated adversaries. Knowledge and expertise of computer architecture protocols, stacks, major COTS components and associated hardware architectures. As you develop operational CONOPS, you will work with creative, innovative, and collaborative team of hardware and software engineers to analyze and develop offensive and defensive cyber capabilities. Essential Functions: The candidate should be able to perform the following tasks with minimal oversight: In depth assessment of Computer Processing Architectures, Technologies, and Protocols for any computational platform/capability
Demonstrated experience with hardware components including electrical equipment, digital processing hardware (ASIC, CPLD, FPGA), circuit boards, microprocessor systems, computer system architectures and interfaces.
Analyze operating system concepts in the areas of memory management, computer architecture, or binary analysis.
Analyze and deconstruct applied cryptographic algorithms, protocols, and implementations.
Analyze network protocol implementation, vulnerabilities, and concepts.
Develop embedded security architecture and designs based on system level requirements.
Interact with senior program managers and customers to define embedded security approaches and strategies.
Lead trade studies to identify the most economical solution to satisfy requirements.
Develop embedded security system integration and check out plans.
Develop internal requirements, CONOPs and interface control documents from customer / product requirements.
Support full program development lifecycles including concept, design fabrication, production, test, installation, operations, maintenance and disposal.
Provide technical leadership to development teams at internal and external gate reviews such as technical baseline reviews and design reviews.
Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
Current TS/SCI Security Clearance or above; US Citizenship required
Computer Hardware experience.
Preferred Additional Skills: Coursework and/or experience in Systems Engineering, systems architecture, systems analysis and design, or Computer Engineering
Solid technical foundation and proven experience working with development engineering teams as well as direct customer interaction
Demonstrated subcontract technical management
Security of virtualization platforms and techniques
Reverse engineering
Exploit development