Cybersecurity Firmware Engineer, Mid
Booz Allen Hamilton4 days ago
Rome, NY, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$62k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Test and evaluate systems against security requirements and assess potential risk.
- Review hardware description language and cross-domain systems to identify threat vectors and vulnerabilities.
- Develop testing methodologies based on vendor documentation and execute test plans and procedures.
- Identify exploits and develop attack methodologies for hardware and software-based systems.
- Create reports from hands-on testing and brief stakeholders on findings.
- Research hardware-based filtering technologies to support departmental business needs.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in electrical or computer engineering.
- Experience with VHDL or OpenCL firmware programming.
- Experience implementing Linux operating systems, including Red Hat.
- Experience analyzing and executing test plans and procedures.
- Experience developing or analyzing technical documentation.
- Knowledge of FPGA devices, including Xilinx, Intel, or Microsemi.
- Secret clearance required.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, including Security+ CE, CYSA, SSCP, or GSEC, within six months of hire.
- Preferred experience with HDL verification techniques, including SystemVerilog, OVM, or UVM.
- Preferred experience with higher-level code development, ASIC design flows, FPGA architecture, hardware or firmware simulation, digital signal processing, hardware testing equipment, and mixed-signal board design.
- TS/SCI clearance is a preferred qualification.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Benefits eligibility applies to full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis, with select offerings for others.
- Work model may be remote, hybrid, or onsite; remote employees may occasionally need to work at a Booz Allen or customer facility, while hybrid and onsite arrangements require facility-based work according to role needs.
- The posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).