Senior Principal Research Engineer - Security We believe the work our employees do everyday matters. Be a part of a team making a global impact. From supporting more efficient and modernized infrastructure to creating smarter cities, Itron is on to something big. How will you influence this change? Itron is looking for an experienced Senior Principal Research Engineer - Security. This person will engage with R&D and project teams and contribute to the adoption of security engineering rules to the design, testing and deployment of Itron solutions encompassing metering IoT devices, network components, communications infrastructure, and application software. This individual will work closely with R&D in defining current and next generation product security architecture, capturing threat models, assessing attack surfaces, organize security designs and providing general security consultation to the development organization. Job Duties & Responsibilities: Reviewing product security architecture during the design phase, providing guidance in maintaining the delivery of world class secure solutions to our customers. Providing input and feedback for network protocol specifications, Industry Standards Leadership direction, and system and component design details. Developing threat models for Itron products. Working with Product Management to respond to RFP/RFIs, to answer security questions from customers, and to establish security requirements for existing and new products. Ensuring Itron's manufacturing processes and procedures conform to security best practices. Maintaining a working knowledge of the threat landscape and working with R&D to apply necessary mitigations. Recommending and driving secure development and test practices into our product development organizations. Job Duties & Responsibilities: Reviewing product security architecture during the design phase, providing guidance in maintaining the delivery of world class secure solutions to our customers. Providing input and feedback for network protocol specifications, Industry Standards Leadership direction, and system and component design details. Developing threat models for Itron products. Working with Product Management to respond to RFP/RFIs, to answer security questions from customers, and to establish security requirements for existing and new products. Ensuring Itron's manufacturing processes and procedures conform to security best practices. Maintaining a working knowledge of the threat landscape and working with R&D to apply necessary mitigations. Recommending and driving secure development and test practices into our product development organizations. Required Skills & Experience: Required 10+ years related experience. Pragmatic approach and experience with the creation of architectural and design documentation (block diagrams, sequence diagrams, process flows, interface definitions) Strong experience and detailed technical knowledge in security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, and applied cryptography Experience with the application of threat modeling, SDLC methods or other risk identification and mitigation techniques. Experience working in complex systems, involving hardware, firmware, software, public & private cloud deployments, networking, and information security. Experience in protocol selection, documentation, and refining with R&D implementation teams. Experience working in R&D and possessing a deep understanding of the tradeoffs of component-level decisions (the candidate has done software or firmware or networking development). Understanding of industry standard cryptographic algorithms, modes of operations, and secure protocols Experience with the configuration, operation, and management of