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Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Security
Location: Sterling Heights MI 48310
Requirements:
Job Description
On-site presence:
Due to the nature of the work, this role may require on-site presence up to 100%
Responsibilities of the role include:
Technical requirements of the role
Minimum Qualifications / What you must have
Additional Information / Desired Experience
Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Security
Posted: 04/02/2024
2024-04-02
2024-05-09
Employment Type:
Contract
Industry: IT
Job Number: BBBH75869_1712085938
Pay Rate: US$70 - US$74 per hour
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Cyber Security
Location: Sterling Heights MI 48310
Requirements:
- Embedded C++
- SELinux and Networking
- Cyber Security
Job Description
- This Contractor role collaborates with a team of OS/BSP and Embedded Software problem solvers to test and evaluate Ground Vehicle Combat systems for operating within internal and external Tactical Network Domains.
- Perform SE Linux analysis on cross-domain solutions, Multi-Level Security (MLS), and Multi-Category Security (MCS) policies.
- Assist team members with creating potential exploits from vulnerabilities found within the SE Linux policy.
- Build capabilities by learning from others' expertise within our diversely skilled team.
- Produce a security enhanced, custom, built-up Linux distribution, newly developed and existing software applications.
On-site presence:
Due to the nature of the work, this role may require on-site presence up to 100%
Responsibilities of the role include:
- Experience in implementing solutions to real security problems. Experience with system architecture, design, test, and implementation.
- Ability to identify security vulnerabilities in the system components or network devices and provide innovative solutions.
- Provide technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology.
- Experience working with Secure Linux based servers, troubleshooting Linux boot issues, and providing fixes as required.
- Produce reports and documents in support of system requirements and security certifications, write/contribute to white papers.
- Intimately familiar with Linux OS security processes, issues, and challenges.
- Be a leader and mentor to junior engineers.
- Past performance within the DoD, or a similarly regulated environment.
- Experience with the RMF process.
Technical requirements of the role
- Experience leading a team doing SELinux Policy development.
- Experience troubleshooting other SELinux policies.
- Understanding of RefPol and its limitations
- Experience doing formal policy analysis.
- Solid understanding of the TCP/IP stack
- Experience with packet analysis tools (such as Wireshark) and analyzing Protocol Data Units (PDUs)
- Experience with common Linux scripting / shell utilities.
- Bash/sh / Python / Perl / Awk / Sed, etc.
- Experience with the following tracing/debugging tools:
- Strace, Ltrace, Ftrace, gdb, etc
- Familiar with technologies to enable applications to run with least privilege, and avoid full root permission, including Linux Capabilities (getcap/setcap), seccomp, containers, etc.
- Experience with managing and securing Linux Containers (LXC), Docker Containers
- Experience working within virtualized environments - kvm / qemu, libvirt, VirtualBox, etc.
- Familiar with enhanced Linux security hardening techniques -cgroups, namespaces, seccomp, capabilities, SELinux, etc
- Experience with Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence).
- Experience with tools such as Bitbake, Yocto, Linux, RTOS VxWorks
- Experience with preempt-rt, or other preemptable Linux solutions.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications / What you must have
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar discipline.
- Seeing a candidate with at least 7-10 years' work experience in software including 3 plus years experience with Cybersecurity (required) AND Minimum of 1 year experience using SELinux analysis or development.
- Must have experience using Linux command line to include scripting and automating basic tabs.
- Strong multi-tasking skills.
- The candidate will need to have strong written and oral communication skills.
Additional Information / Desired Experience
- This position will require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance)
- Previous experience working on ground combat Vehicles desired.
- Must be able to work occasional evening and/or weekend overtime as required.
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