Analysis Team Lead

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 in the defense, intelligence, and federal sectors, 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 system-of-systems (SoS). We pioneer innovative ways to monitor and safeguard networked systems, and develop new ways of identifying and investigating network anomalies. We spend time observing real-world security operations teams, and help them improve how they do their jobs. Our work ranges in scope from the close-up investigation and examination of security data, to the assessment of large, enterprise-wide networks, to analyzing the cybersecurity of SoSs.
 

Position Summary:

We research and develop ground breaking technical solutions for operational use in high-impact environments. As the Analysis Team Lead, you will be responsible for:

• Leading, mentoring, and advising team members
• Leading your team in the development of new analytic techniques and tools
• Helping to develop new projects and opportunities for your team
• Developing, refining, and providing strategic technical vision and support to senior decision makers
• Providing guidance to customers on how to apply the latest research to solve their toughest security challenges
• Advising customers on current and emerging threats, analytic workflows, and standard methodologies
• Participating in technical efforts, including development and prototyping of new analysis techniques, tools, and platforms, preparation of analytic reports, contributions to research publications, and analyzing the cybersecurity of SoSs.
• Being a recognized and respected domain expert by customers, commercial vendors, and the Internet community as a whole
• Advancing the state of art of cybersecurity analysis
   

Requirements:

• BS in Cybersecurity or related discipline with 8 years of applicable work experience, or a MS in Cybersecurity or a relevant discipline with 5 years of applicable work experience, or a PhD in the same with 2 years of applicable work 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 able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance
   

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to direct a team engaged in a variety of technical tasks, and to lead large-scale technical projects
• Practical network security training (e.g. SANS GIAC Level 2 courses, GIAC Certifications, CCNP, CCIE Security, CISSP, CEH, CISM)
• Experience working with the government, or within a critical infrastructure sector
• Experience developing briefing materials for senior leadership within government or industry
• Experience deploying or supporting large-scale network security monitoring infrastructures, including experience with distributed architectures
   

Desired Experience:

• Prior management experience leading a team
• Skilled at working with specialized technologies such as data mining, clustering, machine learning, neural networks, and distributed computing platforms
• Strong statistics background
• Prior responsibility in leading a body of work consisting of numerous large-scale projects and multiple customers/external sponsors
• History of contributions to the broader industry or research community and experience in a variety of network security areas
• PhD in Computer Science or related discipline with two (2) years of experience in network operations, security operations, or network security research; or equivalent combination of training and experience
   

Job Function Breakdown:

45% Leads the team to effectively execute the SEI and task order work plans. Assesses performance of direct reports and provides team members with ongoing feedback and mentoring. Reviews team projects to ensure quality work. Identifies resource constraints and works with the Technical Manager to develop staffing plans. Contributes to the technical area planning process, including development of the technical roadmap

45% Provides direct support to government program offices in the areas of strategy, process/policies, requirements elicitation, tools and techniques, operations, outreach, and training. Enables the transition of SEI analysis and engineering approaches and tools into operational environments

10% Briefs senior leadership of government and DoD customers on SEI's technical capabilities, vision, and work performed. Speaks in public forums, including conferences and training events

100% total effort

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Software/Applications Development/Engineering

Position Type

Staff – Regular

Full time/Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary
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