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Senior Firmware Security Architect
Not specifiedFull-timeSecurity EngineeringComputer Hardware
Help improve the security of networking products by defining firmware security architecture, identifying threats, and guiding engineering teams through implementation.
Responsibilities
- Define security architecture for networking firmware, including trust boundaries, privilege separation, device identity, key storage, secure boot, and secure updates.
- Threat-model firmware and embedded subsystems and analyze hardware–firmware interactions for security weaknesses.
- Define lifecycle security features and mitigations, and guide engineering teams through implementation.
- Translate threat models into security requirements and architectural decisions; review designs and implementations.
- Work with hardware and ASIC architects to specify security primitives and their use across products.
- Promote secure firmware development practices, including memory-safe C patterns, static analysis, and fuzzing, and support adherence to security and coding standards.
Requirements
- Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of experience in product security, firmware security, or security research, including hands-on work with embedded or firmware codebases.
- Experience defining security policy models, including authorization schemes, role-based access control, and administrative role separation.
- Knowledge of applied cryptography, secure boot, code signing, attestation, threat modeling, attack vectors, and mitigations.
Nice to have
- Master’s or doctorate in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience with networking-device hardware and firmware interfaces, hardware roots of trust, and hardware-enforced isolation.
- Hands-on experience with networking software, device drivers, control planes, management interfaces, or embedded network operating systems.
- Familiarity with large-scale deployment and data center security operations.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package