Job Description
**Description**
The Cryptographic Security Testing (CST) Lab within Accredited Testing and Evaluation (AT&E) at Leidos currently has an opening for a FIPS 140 Entropy Specialist. This is a technical position within CSTL. The FIPS 140 Entropy Specialist acts as a Subject Matter Expert in the field of entropy within the scope of the Entropy Source Validation (ESV) program run by the NIST and is expected to lead entropy sources through all phases of work in order to achieve ESV certification.
**Primary Responsibilities:**
+ Analysis of entropy sources against NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90B
+ Statistical testing of noise datasets
+ Review of entropy assessment reports and public use documents
+ Submission of ESV packages through the NIST Entropy Source Validation Test System (ESVTS)
+ General security analysis
+ Cryptographic algorithm testing
+ Source code review activities
+ Test case development/execution
+ Technical report writi...
The Cryptographic Security Testing (CST) Lab within Accredited Testing and Evaluation (AT&E) at Leidos currently has an opening for a FIPS 140 Entropy Specialist. This is a technical position within CSTL. The FIPS 140 Entropy Specialist acts as a Subject Matter Expert in the field of entropy within the scope of the Entropy Source Validation (ESV) program run by the NIST and is expected to lead entropy sources through all phases of work in order to achieve ESV certification.
**Primary Responsibilities:**
+ Analysis of entropy sources against NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90B
+ Statistical testing of noise datasets
+ Review of entropy assessment reports and public use documents
+ Submission of ESV packages through the NIST Entropy Source Validation Test System (ESVTS)
+ General security analysis
+ Cryptographic algorithm testing
+ Source code review activities
+ Test case development/execution
+ Technical report writi...