Cybersecurity Firmware Engineer role at Booz Allen to test and evaluate systems against security requirements and identify potential risk
Requirements
- Experience with VHDL or OpenCL firmware programming
- Experience implementing Linux Operating Systems, including Red Hat
- Experience analyzing and executing test plans and procedures
- Knowledge of an FPGA device, including Xilinx, Intel, or Microsemi
- Experience with HDL verification techniques, including SystemVerilog, OVM, or UVM
- Experience with higher-level code development, including Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator
- Knowledge of digital signal processing functions and automata theory
Responsibilities
- Collaborate in a team-based environment to test and evaluate systems against a set of security requirements to evaluate potential risk
- Utilize functional and working or industry knowledge to review hardware description language to identify potential threat vectors
- Assess hardware and software-based cross domain systems to ensure security compliance against strict DoD requirements
- Conduct analysis and testing to identify vulnerabilities and potential threat vectors in assessing various cross-domain systems, identify exploits, and develop attack methodologies
- Create reports based upon the results of hands-on testing and brief stakeholders on any findings identified
- Conduct research in the areas of hardware-based filtering technologies to grow understanding across the department and support business needs
- Develop or contribute to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity when needed
Other
- 3+ years of experience in the electrical or computer engineering field
- Bachelor's degree
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CYSA, SSCP, or GSEC Certification, within 6 months of hire date
- Secret clearance
- TS/SCI clearance
