Senior Solutions Engineer

Who We Are

You will work within the Monitoring & Response Directorate of the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The SEI is a federally funded research and development center on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. CERT engages with the US Government, primarily in the defense, intelligence, and homeland security areas, to research, develop, apply, and transition complex cybersecurity solutions.

What We Do:

The CERT Situational Awareness group works with government customers to help them protect and defend their networks and systems. We pioneer innovative ways to monitor and safeguard networked systems, develop new ways of identifying and investigating network anomalies, and analyze the cybersecurity of systems. We research and develop groundbreaking technical solutions for operational use in high-impact environments.

Position Summary:

As a Senior Solutions Engineer you will be responsible for:

• Providing technical support as a team member in the development of security architectures, particularly to support cybersecurity operations.
• Supporting development of system of systems (SoS) and systems requirements development, engineering, analysis, technology evaluation and deployment guidance.
• Advancing the state of art of cybersecurity architectures and cybersecurity as a whole
• Developing and prototyping of new analysis techniques, tools, and platforms, preparation of analytic reports, and contributions to research publications.
• Developing new architecture assessment techniques, strategies for implementing cybersecurity architecture, preparation of reports and contribution to research publications.
• Contribute to diverse teams composed of colleagues, customers, and others, to deliver projects

Requirements:

• BS with ten (10) years of relevant experience, or MS with eight (8) years, or a PhD with five (5) years of relevant experience.
• Willingness to travel to various locations to support the SEI's overall mission. This includes within the SEI and CMU community, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings on occasion. Moderate Travel(20%).
• You will be subject to a background check and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work for CMU in the United States. CMU will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to present technical topics to audiences from senior leadership to technical experts.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders to promote practical solutions to tough security problems.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, systems administration, programming, and/or cloud.
• Ability to work at the SoS architecture level to identify and understand tradeoffs of various approaches.
• Strong research and writing skills.

Desired Experience:

• Work experience in network operations, security operations, security and/or enterprise architecture, and network security research.

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