Senior FPGA Security Architect – Mission & Cyber

Kforce Inc; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Inc. in McLean, VA is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and implement secure architectures for complex, mission-critical systems.

This role focuses on integrating cybersecurity throughout the systems engineering lifecycle while balancing operational requirements, emerging threats, and security objectives. The ideal candidate has experience with mission security, cybersecurity engineering, systems engineering, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and threat-based

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Physics required.
• 3+ years of mission security methods, techniques and systems.
• Experience supporting systems engineering lifecycle activities.
• Experience applying secure coding practices and securing OS/virtualization.
• Ability to develop security architectures from threat analysis and countermeasures.
• Cleared or eligible for government security investigations.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure system architectures from requirements and threats.
• Integrate cybersecurity and mission security across the lifecycle.
• Support system testing, evaluation, and lifecycle activities.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Mission Security, and Software Assurance teams.
• Identify hardening opportunities and reduce attack surfaces.
• Apply secure coding practices for operating systems and virtualization.
• Evaluate security technologies and architectural alternatives.
• Provide documentation supporting secure design and implementation.
• Balance security needs with operational requirements.

Skills

Mission security methods

Secure coding practices

System security architecture

Threat analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics

Master's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

Job description

Kforce Inc. in McLean, VA is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and implement secure architectures for complex, mission-critical systems.

This role focuses on integrating cybersecurity throughout the systems engineering lifecycle while balancing operational requirements, emerging threats, and security objectives. The ideal candidate has experience with mission security, cybersecurity engineering, systems engineering, software assurance, supply chain risk management, and threat-based