Senior Solutions Engineer

About the Role

You will work within the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI researches complex software engineering, cyber, and AI problems, creates and tests innovative technologies, and transitions mature solutions into practice for the Department of War (DoW) and federal government. The CERT Situational Awareness team helps organizations, particularly those within the DoW, federal government, and critical infrastructure sectors, develop and maintain awareness of their cyber hybrid environments, identify risks, and make informed decisions concerning cybersecurity, cyber resiliency, and cyber survivability.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic technical support to senior decision makers.
• Leading teams in the development of security architectures, mission engineering, system of systems (SoS) architectures, systems requirements development, engineering, analysis, technology evaluation, and deployment guidance.
• Developing and evaluating advanced analytical techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), behavioral analytics, and data-driven approaches for cyber operations.
• Documenting current-state architectures, identifying capability and coverage gaps, evaluating technology integration strategies, recommending security solutions, and developing mission threads/workflows.
• Supporting organizations in planning, assessing, and implementing Zero Trust and cyber resilience strategies.
• Evaluating, piloting, and transitioning new technologies into operational environments.
• Developing cybersecurity, technology, and architecture roadmaps aligned with mission and business objectives.
• Assessing organizational capabilities, security architectures, operational processes, and cyber resilience to identify strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Leading, mentoring, and motivating less-senior staff when acting in a managerial capacity.
• Overseeing multiple projects with limited guidance from SEI senior management.

Requirements

• BS with ten (10) years or MS with eight (8) years of experience, or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% to support the SEI’s mission, including sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Department of War security clearance.

Qualifications

• Ability to present technical topics to diverse audiences, from senior leadership to technical experts.
• Strong understanding of networking, security, systems administration, programming, and cloud technologies.
• Experience working at the SoS architecture level to identify and understand tradeoffs.
• Experience working with the government or within a critical infrastructure sector.
• Strong research and writing skills.

Desired Experience

• PhD in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related discipline with two (2) years of experience in cybersecurity/network operations, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), or workflow/process analysis.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Security and/or enterprise architecture
  • Security operations deploying or supporting large-scale network security monitoring infrastructures
  • Security research
  • Programming or software engineering
  • Networking
  • Testing
• Prior responsibility in leading a body of work consisting of numerous large-scale projects and multiple customers or external sponsors.
• History of contributions to the broader industry or research community in network security areas.

Job Function Breakdown

• 75% Lead support to government program offices in strategy, process/policies, requirements elicitation, design and architecture, operations, outreach, and training.
• 15% Enable the transition of situational awareness analysis and engineering approaches and tools into operational environments.
• 10% Design, prototype, and transition tactical analysis studies and tools for operational use in situational awareness.

Location: Arlington, VA, or Pittsburgh, PA

Position Type: Staff – Regular, Full-time

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