Description

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking an experienced cybersecurity/cryptography professional that is passionate about operationally-oriented research and development at the intersection of cryptography and vulnerability research. We are looking for a motivated individual that can understand and develop modern cryptographic solutions that can be applied to a variety of technologies. These multidisciplinary teams are addressing the most complicated national security problems facing our government sponsor. As part of the team, you will engage with work across the technology spectrum, including embedded, desktop, enterprise, and mobile systems, as well as globally connected networks of networks.

You will help to mature an existing program supporting US government mission needs through collaboration with your team and sponsor to identify creative, novel, and context-appropriate solutions. You will also be responsible for collaborating closely with your peers and management across Center 5600 and the Labs to bring the available depth and breadth of expertise to bear. You will steward relevant capabilities inside and outside the National Security Program (NSP).

To support Sandia's national security missions, our cybersecurity scientists and engineers engage in a variety of research areas including:

• Emerging cryptographic techniques (Post-Quantum Cryptography, Cryptographic Security Protocols and Standards)
• Manual and automated reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, and malware analysis
• Modeling, simulation, and emulation
• Hardware/software trust and assurance
• Virtualization (system and network) and cloud technologies
• Network operation and information protection
• Low-level research to support ongoing experimentation and development in OSes, hypervisors, and multiple levels of firmware
• Mobile devices and smart technologies
• Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded systems, including Internet of Things (IoT)
• Data science, data analytics, and information theory
• Intrusion prevention/detection and response, penetration testing, and forensics

Salary Range

$114,000 - $227,500

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a US DOE Q and SCI clearance, which may include a polygraph examination

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D S&E Cybersecurity candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Forensics, Mathematics or a directly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Experience in one or more of the following: reverse engineering, software vulnerability assessment, web application assessment, computer networking, computer architecture, compilers, or similar computer security topics.
• Proficiency in scripting or high-level programming.
• Familiarity with secure-system design principles and information assurance principles.
• Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to develop technical ideas and results and present them in oral and written form in a concise manner.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Experience analyzing, developing, or evaluating cryptography, network security protocols, PKI, and/or digital signatures.
• Experience with or training in one or more information security topics such as: Operating System design and security, cryptography, network security protocols and specifications, driver and low-level software debugging, embedded system design, control/data-flow analysis, compiler optimizations, and memory management
• Well-developed leadership skills with the ability to prioritize and execute in a principled and focused manner
• Experience with program analysis, reverse engineering, and debugging tools (e.g., angr, BAP, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, gdb, Ghidra, windbg)
• Ability to acquire and maintain a US DOE Q and SCI clearance, which may include a polygraph examination
• Active SCI clearance

About Our Team

The Information Operations program consists of approximately 200 R&D technical staff working in most of the subdomains of cybersecurity. We are passionate about our sponsor's mission and motivated by our team's significant national security impacts. Our sponsors needs and future technological challenges drive us to push the boundaries of what is possible. We do long-range academically oriented research, quick-turn mission-oriented product development, and everything in between.
Our forward-looking team of specialists that analyze existing and future security architectures and technologies and develop next generation methods and tools to improve the security efficiency and assurance of our nation's critical systems. We employ systems engineering approaches across a spectrum that covers embedded, wireless, enterprise, and globally connected technologies. Our multidisciplinary R&D security research group includes electrical engineers, computer scientists, network security and engineering specialists, and security risk management leaders. We have exciting career opportunities for individuals with a passion to improve the security efficiency of our nations critical systems and technologies. The Information Operations program consists of approximately 200 R&D technical staff working in most of the subdomains of cybersecurity. We are passionate about our sponsors' mission and motivated by our teams significant national security impacts. Our sponsors needs and future technological challenges drive us to push the boundaries of what is possible. We do long-range academically oriented research, quick-turn mission-oriented product development, and everything in between.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.