Cryptanalyst / Crypto-Scientist (Various levels)

Join our team as a Cryptanalyst or Crypto-Scientist and work in a dynamic and innovative operational environment. At CSE, you'll apply your analytical and problem-solving skills to a variety of problems in support of the Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Cyber missions. You'll learn and apply advanced cryptanalytic and cryptographic techniques to defeat encryption or to design and evaluate cryptographic algorithms and protocols. You'll also help develop innovative tools, new techniques, and recommendations for a wide variety of clients.

Cryptanalysts and Crypto-Scientists at CSE perform one or more of the following functions:

• Contribute to operations by developing and maintaining decryption capabilities and using them to support Government of Canada Intelligence and Cyber Defense requirements.
• Conduct cryptologic research and design, and develop, assess, and attack cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

We're looking for passionate people from a variety of backgrounds who:

• have a blend of math and coding skills;
• have knowledge of and an interest in learning more about cryptography and cryptographic protocols;
• can breakdown technical documents (standards, protocol specifications or mathematical papers) into understandable pieces;
• are creative critical thinkers who love solving problems;
• are committed, resilient and tenacious in the face of adversity;
• want to be part of a great team that delivers results for the Government of Canada and Canadians.

Salary

To find out more about our salary scale, vacation allowances and benefits (health, dental and pension plans, etc.) visit the

Compensation

page on our website.

Area of selection

Open to Canadian citizens.

Location

Ottawa, Ontario in one of our

two accessible facilities

. Telework for a portion of the work week may be possible.

Conditions of employment

An Enhanced Top Secret (ETS) security clearance is a condition of employment that must be met before an offer can be made.

More information about

our hiring and security processes

can be found on our website.

Essential qualifications

In order to be considered, your cover letter must clearly explain how you meet the following education and experience requirements.

Education

You must have either one of the following:

• A university degree in a field related to the position, such as (but not limited to): Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science, Physics, Engineering with mathematics courses.
• An acceptable combination of education (i.e. college diploma, professional certification) in a field related to the position (as above), and relevant experience.

Note:
The educational program must be recognized in Canada, and you must be able to provide proof of education credentials. Students graduating within the next twelve months are eligible to apply.

Experience

• Experience coding using a language such as Python or C++.
• Experience in researching and analyzing diverse information to solve on complex issues
  
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• Experience presenting findings and recommendations to various stakeholders (e.g. peers, supervisors) verbally and in writing.
• Experience designing, programming or testing algorithms in a variety of domains such as algebra, discrete math, computational number theory, probability and statistics, combinatorics, or cryptography.

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Examples of "complex issues" may include but are not limited to: a long-term project spanning multiple months, a thesis, a multidimension project with multiple partners or stakeholders, a project that sets a precedent or has a major impact on a business process.

Official language requirements

Various language requirements – English Essential or Bilingual (BBB)

• English essential
  means that the position is unilingual English.
• Bilingual
  means that knowledge of both official languages (English and French) is required for the position.
• BBB
  represents the proficiency level you must demonstrate in each of the language skills (reading, writing and oral interaction) for the bilingual position. For bilingual positions, second language evaluations will be scheduled for candidates who don't have valid language test results issued by the Government of Canada.

Find out more about

the language requirements

of positions.

Competencies

The following technical, behavioural and leadership competencies will be assessed at a later date. You do not need to include information about them in your application.

Technical competencies

• Knowledge and Application of a Field of Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics or Engineering
• Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
• Application Development
• Problem Formulation and Response

Behavioural competencies

• Cognitive thinking skills
• Interactive communication
• Accountability/autonomy (for UNMA-08 positions only)

Leadership competencies

• Change and innovation
• Collaboration
• Achieving results (for UNMA-08 positions only)

Assets

Assets are "nice-to-have" expertise and skills we're interested in. If you do have them, they may be used to identify which team you could best complement, or they may be invoked as a volume management strategy. Please demonstrate on your application if you meet or possess the asset education or asset experience listed below.

Asset education

• A graduate degree in a field related to the position, such as but not limited to Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering with mathematics.

Note:
The educational program must be recognized in Canada and you must be able to provide proof of education credentials. Students graduating within the next twelve months are eligible to apply.

Asset experience

• Experience with mathematical programming, including use of C, C++ or Python or software packages such as Sage, Maple, Mathematica;
• Experience with network protocols, and protocol analysis tools such as Wireshark;
• Experience in Cyber Security principles and practices;
• Experience in Software Reverse Engineering;
• Experience in post quantum cryptography and or quantum information theory;

Operational requirements

Overtime and standby duty may be required.