Sr. Federal Certification Engineer

Job Description:

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Assist in the execution of Common Criteria, FIPS, and DoDIN certifications across all HPE Networking product lines

• Operate as a representative of HPE Networking with various accredited labs during the evaluation process

• Assist in the generation of documentation (e.g. FIPS security policies, CC security targets), whether creating/editing directly or working with an external author.

• Provide consulting, information, and advice to developers and QA around how certification works.

• Attend regularly scheduled meetings with accredited labs and engineering/QA to ensure project milestones are on track.

• Communicate gaps and deficiencies found by accredited testing labs to the relevant engineering and product teams to ensure remediation

• Monitor government standards and communicate to management and engineering when changes are made that may impact a release (e.g. change to a security requirement under Common Criteria).

• Assist in the development, compliance, and maintenance of FIPS compliant cryptographic module(s).

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.  MS preferred, or equivalent experience.

• Background in software engineering including C/C++, Python and/or Golang.  Ability to read and understand source code in C is a must.

• Minimum 2 years of experience working with cryptographic modules in a technical capacity.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with certification schemes, including Common Criteria, FIPS, DoDIN

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a position handling government certifications or security testing.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in software development of cryptographic modules.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, ISSEP

• Ability to work largely unsupervised.

• Some travel (approx. 5-10%) will be required.

• Strong project management skills.

• Knowledge of emerging standards outside of the US, such as EUCC, EUCRA, and ITSAR

US Citizens or Green card holders only.

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