Lead Software Engineer – Secure Networks and Protocols
About The Position
The Boeing Company is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Secure Networks and Protocols to join their team in Tukwila, Washington. This role involves overseeing the design, development, architecture, and maintenance of software solutions for network stack protocol software, ensuring secure data exchange between systems. The successful candidate will partner with stakeholders to identify and review product security requirements, and oversee performance analysis, testing, monitoring, and software assessments of networking protocol software to identify and address risks, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. The position also provides consultation on secure network and protocols throughout the end-to-end lifecycle development of software products, and involves overseeing research and implementation of current and emerging networking protocols, software security trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies. Additionally, the role includes overseeing software project management activities and software supplier management functions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.
- Ability to obtain Secret U.S. Security clearance. Interim Pre-Start and Final Post Start
- 10+ years experience with deploying, securing, and supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems
- Experience in configuration and maintenance of network switches and other networking appliances
- 8+ years experience with network security including designing, creating, and maintaining the security systems within an organization’s IT network, including the computer systems and data
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science and 14+ years of related work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 18+ years of directly related work experience OR 22+ years of related, relevant experience
- Master of Science or PhD (STEM)
- 5+ years experience with Kubernetes and software containerization
- Knowledge and use of multiple networking protocols (e.g. tcp, udp, multicast, nat, and spanning tree)
- High availability storage system design and implementation (e.g. RAID and Cluster systems)
- Installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Microsoft Windows Desktop and Server
Responsibilities
- Oversees the design, development, architecture and maintenance of software solutions for network stack protocol software used to securely exchange data between systems
- Partners with stakeholders by providing consultation on the identification and review of product security requirements
- Oversees performance analysis, testing, monitoring and software assessments of networking protocol software to assess, identify and address risks, weaknesses and vulnerabilities
- Provides consultation on secure network and protocols throughout the end-to-end lifecycle development of software products
- Oversees research and implementation of current and emerging networking protocols, software security trends, vulnerabilities, and technologies
- Oversees software project management activities and software supplier management functions
Benefits
- competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- health insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work
- relocation based on candidate eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
