Wireless Security Engineer

Summary

Job Title- Wireless Security Engineer

6-month Contract-perm

On Site- Colorado Springs, CO

Salary Conversion-converting permanent at 160-200K depending on level of education and experience

Job Description

This team leverages extensive expertise in hardware, software, network, and RF communications to identify and evaluate cyber vulnerabilities in critical military assets, threat systems, and critical infrastructure. The Division specializes in RF/wireless embedded devices such as radios, modems, routers and embedded controllers found in mission critical military systems and networks, and throughout commercial industry. They performs Red and Blue team activities focusing on vulnerability discovery and the development and demonstration of multi-domain techniques to gain unauthorized access to and/or exploit information networks, while protecting US Government assets from the same. These efforts identify weaknesses and help ensure that mitigations are effective. This specific job posting is for the Colorado Springs Field Office, which services the military and intelligence developmental and acquisition organizations along the Colorado Front Range, including the United States Space Force units (Space Systems Command, Space Warfighting Analysis Center, Strategic Space Defense Program, etc.), U.S. Space Command, Missile Defense Agency, Air Force TENCAP, and the United States Air Force Academy.

Required Skills & Experience

** Bachelors degree and 9 years of related experience or Masters degree and 7 years, Ph.d and 4 years.

• Experience developing and executing manual and automated testing solutions for simple to complex systems, including mixed environments incorporating hardware-in-the-loop testing, and wireless communications links.

• Knowledge of RF systems components (e.g. antennas, amplifiers, A/D & D/A converters), common transceiver architectures, and communication waveform characteristics including various modulation/demodulation techniques.

• Experience working with RF communications links, to include working experience with RF lab test and measurement equipment (e.g. spectrum and network analyzers, channel emulators).

• Experience with RF protocol analysis at the Phy and link/data layers

• Experience with at least one software-defined radio framework (e.g. GNU Radio, CFE), commercial SDR platform (e.g. N.I./Ettus X310, N210), and signal processing toolkit (e.g. Matlab, X-Midas, Python/scipy).

• Experience programming in one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python) • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Active Top Secret Clearance

• Background in digital communication theory to include modulation/demodulation, error correction coding, synchronization methods, and/or network management strategies.

• Experience working with a variety of communication systems such as HF, VHF, microwave, SATCOM, etc. Experience with military systems is preferred.

• Familiarity with security features of wireless communications systems.

• Experience developing and/or evaluating electronic warfare (EW) and Cyber-EW attacks.

• Experience developing and/or utilizing hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) capabilities for test and evaluation purposes.

• Knowledge and experience applying Cyber Risk Assessment methodologies against RF-enabled systems of interest.

• Experience supporting cybersecurity test and evaluation events.

• Experience with common disassemblers/decompilers and reverse engineering tools (IDA, Ghidra, Binary Ninja), and experience with dynamic/static analysis and fuzzing.

• Experience interacting with software test environments to include virtualized and emulative environments capable of executing the software under test (e.g. VMware, VirtualBox, QEMU, Unicorn)

Compensation:

$__85__/hr to $__95___/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of

employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in

the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this

role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the

applicable law of the worksite location.

Job Description

Job Title- Wireless Security Engineer

6-month Contract-perm

On Site- Colorado Springs, CO

Salary Conversion-converting permanent at 160-200K depending on level of education and experience

Job Description

This team leverages extensive expertise in hardware, software, network, and RF communications to identify and evaluate cyber vulnerabilities in critical military assets, threat systems, and critical infrastructure. The Division specializes in RF/wireless embedded devices such as radios, modems, routers and embedded controllers found in mission critical military systems and networks, and throughout commercial industry. They performs Red and Blue team activities focusing on vulnerability discovery and the development and demonstration of multi-domain techniques to gain unauthorized access to and/or exploit information networks, while protecting US Government assets from the same. These efforts identify weaknesses and help ensure that mitigations are effective. This specific job posting is for the Colorado Springs Field Office, which services the military and intelligence developmental and acquisition organizations along the Colorado Front Range, including the United States Space Force units (Space Systems Command, Space Warfighting Analysis Center, Strategic Space Defense Program, etc.), U.S. Space Command, Missile Defense Agency, Air Force TENCAP, and the United States Air Force Academy.

Required Skills & Experience

** Bachelors degree and 9 years of related experience or Masters degree and 7 years, Ph.d and 4 years.

• Experience developing and executing manual and automated testing solutions for simple to complex systems, including mixed environments incorporating hardware-in-the-loop testing, and wireless communications links.

• Knowledge of RF systems components (e.g. antennas, amplifiers, A/D & D/A converters), common transceiver architectures, and communication waveform characteristics including various modulation/demodulation techniques.

• Experience working with RF communications links, to include working experience with RF lab test and measurement equipment (e.g. spectrum and network analyzers, channel emulators).

• Experience with RF protocol analysis at the Phy and link/data layers

• Experience with at least one software-defined radio framework (e.g. GNU Radio, CFE), commercial SDR platform (e.g. N.I./Ettus X310, N210), and signal processing toolkit (e.g. Matlab, X-Midas, Python/scipy).

• Experience programming in one or more programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python) • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Active Top Secret Clearance

• Background in digital communication theory to include modulation/demodulation, error correction coding, synchronization methods, and/or network management strategies.

• Experience working with a variety of communication systems such as HF, VHF, microwave, SATCOM, etc. Experience with military systems is preferred.

• Familiarity with security features of wireless communications systems.

• Experience developing and/or evaluating electronic warfare (EW) and Cyber-EW attacks.

• Experience developing and/or utilizing hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) capabilities for test and evaluation purposes.

• Knowledge and experience applying Cyber Risk Assessment methodologies against RF-enabled systems of interest.

• Experience supporting cybersecurity test and evaluation events.

• Experience with common disassemblers/decompilers and reverse engineering tools (IDA, Ghidra, Binary Ninja), and experience with dynamic/static analysis and fuzzing.

• Experience interacting with software test environments to include virtualized and emulative environments capable of executing the software under test (e.g. VMware, VirtualBox, QEMU, Unicorn)

Compensation:

$__85__/hr to $__95___/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of

employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in

the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this

role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the

applicable law of the worksite location.