Remote Common Criteria / FIPS Security Engineer

Piper Companies; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote option for US East Coast

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Mentorship and career growth

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Common Criteria / FIPS Security Engineer to support design, development, validation, and certification under CC and FIPS 140 frameworks. You will partner with engineering teams to ensure products meet certification requirements, regulatory standards, and compliance obligations throughout development.

The role focuses on certification readiness, security documentation, technical reviews, compliance testing, and collaboration with evaluation laboratories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 3+ years in security engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, product security, compliance, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting regulatory compliance, certification programs, audit activities, or security assessment initiatives.
• Understanding of secure software development practices and security architecture principles.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements and evaluate products against defined compliance standards.
• Experience reviewing code, configurations, and technical designs to assess alignment with certification requirements.
• Strong written communication and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with senior engineers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to design and develop products that meet CC and FIPS certification requirements.
• Support CC certification efforts, including ST development, evidence collection, and documentation.
• Assist with FIPS 140 validation activities related to cryptographic modules and security functions.
• Review product architectures and security controls for certification readiness.
• Translate certification requirements into engineering tasks, testing activities, and product requirements.
• Evaluate products against regulatory, security, and certification standards for compliance.
• Support threat modeling, security design reviews, vulnerability assessments, and remediation planning.
• Collaborate with CC evaluation labs, FIPS testing labs, product managers, and security teams on projects.
• Address findings from certification and validation assessments.
• Support maintenance, recertification, and evolving regulatory compliance requirements.
• Develop technical documentation, reports, and communications for stakeholders.
• Contribute to Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes and security best practices.

Skills

Security engineering

Compliance cognition

Technical documentation

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Cisco networking

Common Criteria / FIPS frameworks

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Common Criteria / FIPS Security Engineer to support design, development, validation, and certification under CC and FIPS 140 frameworks. You will partner with engineering teams to ensure products meet certification requirements, regulatory standards, and compliance obligations throughout development.

The role focuses on certification readiness, security documentation, technical reviews, compliance testing, and collaboration with evaluation laboratories.