Tech SETA - Security and Hardware

Description

DARPA I2O is seeking experienced Technical SETA candidates to provide on-site support in the area of next-generation classified systems development.  This is a part time position at 50% Level Of Effort (LOE) 

Successful candidates will provide expert technical advice and guidance to the government on all aspects of secure, multi-domain computing systems. 

Candidates will support and supervise performers conducting software and hardware platform research and assessment, integration, test, prototype deployment, and transition of systems for secure multi-node processing. 

The candidate will be responsible for coordinating meetings, assessing performer technical progress, projecting performer outcomes, and ensuring that project management best practices are followed by performers. The candidate will prepare and deliver technical reports, briefings, and presentations to government officials and technical stakeholders.

Work performed 100% onsite at DARPA in Arlington, VA in a SCIF environment.

Travel may be required up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

Required Education and Experience: 

• Active Top Secret Clearance and must be SCI eligible
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's degree preferred). 
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in embedded hardware development, embedded systems programming, cybersecurity, and/or computer engineering 
• 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.

Desired Skills: 

• 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, etc. 
• Experience operating in complex, contested, non-benign environments.
• Experience with Clandestine or Covert Operations (Desired)
• Experience with Cyber Operations (Desired)
• Experience with Telecommunications (Telco) Operators, and a wide variety of systems
• Experience working with Special Access Programs (SAPs)/CAPs. 
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.