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Cryptologic Computer Scientist-2 joins the Cyber & Analytics Business Area to support development operations within a scientific framework. The role involves designing, developing, delivering, and operating solutions to complex cryptologic computer science problems. Day-to-day responsibilities include addressing problem sets such as forensics, attack attribution, protection of critical networks, active systems warnings, and knowledge discovery of passive or active systems. To succeed, the candidate must apply core computer science principles including operating systems, compiler theory, database theory, algorithm analysis, computer architecture, discrete math, programming language theory, and data structures. Technical skills required include software design, programming, computational science, reverse engineering, and prototyping. The work focuses on solving critical mission problems in areas like Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence, and Cryptographic Key Management to address high-level national security challenges.
Cryptographic Algorithms
Security Architecture
key-management
Black-box Testing
Agile
Systems Engineering
verification, and validation
Secure Communication Protocols
AI
Cybersecurity Devices
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Python
Rust
C++
AWS
EC2
IAM
VPC
KMS
Linux
Windows
Network Engineering
Public Key Infrastructure
Cybersecurity
Digital Forensics
Penetration Testing
Secure Software Development
Information Assurance
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Python
Rust
C++
Cybersecurity
Network Engineering
Public Key Infrastructure
Linux
Windows
Cloud Architecture
Key Management
Trusted Compute
Digital Forensics
Penetration Testing
Information Assurance
Risk Management
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Python
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Keras
SQL
NLP
GenAI
Large Language Models
Spark
Ray
MLOps
CI/CD
Linux
Neural Networks
Recommender Systems
Computer Vision
Statistical Analysis