Security Engineer

SIXGEN is actively seeking candidates to provide critical support for a variety of IC, DoD, and DoJ customers. Our Security Engineer position conducts security assessments across a variety of applications, systems, and devices. These engineers should be comfortable with software and hardware security best practices.

• This role requires you to be a U.S. citizen and hold a current Top Secret clearance.
• Location: Sterling, VA. in office

• →Perform software and hardware design reviews
• →Review source code, schematics, and documentation
• →Perform static and dynamic analysis of compiled code
• →Conduct Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to identify and critique risks associated with the software in question.
• →Generate reports based on findings as well as provide correctional steps and analysis.
• →Develop tools and scripts to augment workflow
• →Maintain working knowledge of industry best practices, current security tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• →Familiarity and understanding of cryptologic algorithms, implementations, and techniques.
• →Develop proof of concept capabilities as needed.

• C, Rust, Python
• Linux
• Cryptography
• Embedded Operating Systems
• Hardware Reverse Engineering
• Software Reverse Engineering
• Compilers (GCC/LLVM)
• Assembly Language Proficiency (e.g., ARM, x86, PowerPC)