Security and Hardware Technical SETA Job Listing at SPA in Arlington, VA (Job ID 2025-20154)

Description

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded hardware development, embedded systems programming, cybersecurity, and/or computer engineering
• Active Top Secret clearance
• Substantial experience in cybersecurity as applied to embedded hardware systems, including mobile and non-telecom devices
• Substantial experience in secure Execution Environments (e.g. TEEs, TPMs) on embedded devices
• Substantial experience with a wide variety of reverse engineering (RE), vulnerability research (VR), offensive cyber, and defense cyber methods and state-of-the-art for embedded systems
• Experience in cybersecurity red-teaming (to include Counter-Intel style qualitative assessment), and demonstrated ability to break systems thus exposing design, architecture, and security flaws and identification of technical debt
• Ability to work with little oversight to achieve team goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• A high degree of initiative, excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and reliability
• Familiarity with general systems engineering principles for complex systems development
• Able to report to Arlington, VA full-time in a SCIF environment, based upon client needs

Desired:

• Graduate/Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in experience in testbed development and usage for mixed real/virtual (i.e. Live Virtual Constructive) sets of software and/or hardware nodes
• Experience in T&E operations planning and execution, i.e. Test Planning, Test Infrastructure, Test Execution and Documentation, Travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations
• Experience operating in complex, contested, non-benign environments
• Experience with Clandestine or Covert Operations
• Experience with Cyber Operations
• Experience with Telecommunications (Telco) Operators, and a wide variety of systems
• Experience working with Special Access Programs (SAPs)/CAPs
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
  

The candidate will perform technology management support of research efforts involving software and hardware platform research and assessment, integration, testing, prototype development, and transition of systems for secure multi-node processing. Provide expert technical advice and guidance to DARPA regarding all aspects of secure, multi-domain computing systems. Execute new concept and new program development with government principals. Explore current state-of-the-art and technical feasibility of new concepts and potential research approaches. Support DoD research programs in terms of technology management, engagement with research performers, deliverable review, and leading regular calls or meetings with research performers on a technical basis. Support testing and evaluation of DoD applied research and advanced technology development of cybersecurity technologies and/or prototypes in an operationally relevant environment. Directly engage with government transition partners (within the DoD and Intelligence Community) and related stakeholders.