Lead Compliance Test Engineer (Secret Clearance)

Description

Job Description:

Leidos is collecting resumes for an upcoming need in 2023 for a Lead Compliance Test Engineer in San Diego, CA to join our team supporting OTNK-KCT initiatives within our Intelligence Organization.

Leidos ranks as a top industry leader for its high performance and high reliability ensuring priority of our nation’s safety. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.  

We welcome all those who have big ideas, crave innovation and have the passion to bring the warfighter home safe. With a 9/80 schedule, and every other Friday off, our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. This is your chance to join a dynamic team working across multiple disciplines with opportunities to further expand your knowledge and grow your career.

Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come join our mission! 

Primary Responsibilities:

This role will be responsible for the set up and execution of a lab that will perform KMI and Over the Network Keying (OTNK) conformance testing for End Cryptographic Units (ECUs).

Our goal is to provide a new service offering to vendors where they can get their ECUs certified.  This role will work with project SMEs to identify “conformance” test requirements and develop procedures on how to sign up for this service.

 The ideal candidate will have excellent skills in project management and organization; you will collaborate with various levels of management assisting with planning, scheduling, and establishing performance targets and reporting routine status in support of the lab.

The selected candidate will lead the design, integration and test development activities to ensure compliance with performance, interfaces, cyber, safety, integration, and test requirements within the cryptographic community.  This position requires someone that is experienced with evaluating and testing the adequacy of business processes and practices with respect to risks, controls and regulatory requirements. The candidate will be responsible for identifying requirement gaps and issues.

What you will like about this position… 

• Being part of an amazing team of professionals all passionate about the vision of the product suite and the positive impact it provides to our many customers.
• Implementing a wide variety of technologies and the use of powerful industry-standard development tools and practices.

Basic Qualifications

REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. 12 years’ experience required in lieu of a degree.

• Active SECRET Clearance and the ability to upgrade up to TS/SCI.
• Hands-on experience working with one or more ECU families (e.g., HAIPE)
• Experience with COMSEC procedures or requirements
• Familiar with ECUs and Fill Devices
• Technical abilities to be hands-on with a device and configure for communications with external interfaces
• Ability to work in a dynamic team environment and possess time management skills to meet schedules.
• Someone with strong problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Detail oriented with experience interacting with customers.

PREFERRED (some subset of the following):

• Experience or familiarity with the KMI Test Infrastructure to register devices and provision key material
• Familiarity with OTNK
• Experience reviewing audit data from an ECU
• Network / Comms background
• Security Engineering / Architecture background
• Experience establishing standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Experience in Scrum Methodology or other Agile environments.
• Flexible and able to adapt to new processes and requirements in a dynamic environment.

SanDiego

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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