Secure Network & Protocols Software Engineers (Associate or Experienced)

at  Boeing

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The Boeing Company is looking for a Secure Network & Protocols Software Engineers (Associate or Experienced) to join our P-8 Missions System Operating System Software Engineering team in Kent, WA. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business organization.
This is a challenging and exciting opportunity supporting the software Execution Environment and Virtual Integration Platform development for P-8 Poseidon Mission Systems software. The P-8 Poseidon program is the premier Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) platform for the US Navy and several international partners.
Candidates will belong to an agile software engineering development team that supports operating system, hardware, platform, and application development. Assisting with the development, documentation and maintenance of architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces and designs for software systems. Daily activities include develop and maintain code and integrates software components into a fully functional software system. Successful candidates will assist with test procedures and documenting test results to ensure software system requirements are met. As well as support software project management and software supplier management functions. Candidates should select, tailors and deploys processes and tools; establish metrics.
Occasional travel may be required but would be less than 10%.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develops, tests, and maintains the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Operating System (OS) software execution environment
• Develops, tests, and maintains the high-fidelity desktop simulation environment to model the operation of P-8 Poseidon mission systems aircraft environment
• Evaluates, tests, and integrates RHEL and Windows upgrades with mission systems software products
• Completes RHEL and Windows OS cyber security investigations, upgrades, and enhancements
• Investigates, integrates, and evaluates lab and aircraft hardware
• Designs, develops, architects, and maintains software solutions for network stack protocol software used to securely exchange data between systems
• Conducts performance analysis, testing, monitoring and software assessments of networking protocol software to assess, identify and address risks, weaknesses and vulnerabilities
• Provides input on secure network and protocols throughout the end-to-end lifecycle development of software products

In addition, Experienced Engineers responsibilities include:

• Researches and implements current and emerging networking protocols, software security trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies
• Performs software project management activities and software supplier management functions

EXPERIENCED LEVEL:

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced technical education from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. PhD, Master+3 years’ related work experience). In the USA, ABET accreditation is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develops, tests, and maintains the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Operating System (OS) software execution environment
• Develops, tests, and maintains the high-fidelity desktop simulation environment to model the operation of P-8 Poseidon mission systems aircraft environment
• Evaluates, tests, and integrates RHEL and Windows upgrades with mission systems software products
• Completes RHEL and Windows OS cyber security investigations, upgrades, and enhancements
• Investigates, integrates, and evaluates lab and aircraft hardware
• Designs, develops, architects, and maintains software solutions for network stack protocol software used to securely exchange data between systems
• Conducts performance analysis, testing, monitoring and software assessments of networking protocol software to assess, identify and address risks, weaknesses and vulnerabilities
• Provides input on secure network and protocols throughout the end-to-end lifecycle development of software product

In addition, Experienced Engineers responsibilities include:

• Researches and implements current and emerging networking protocols, software security trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies
• Performs software project management activities and software supplier management function