Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

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Project/Unit Description

The GTRI CIPHER Lab's Secure Information Systems (SIS) Division is currently seeking a Cyber Security Software Engineer to work within a cohesive team to develop secure solutions to complex challenges involving web applications, DevSecOps, cloud-native SDKs to enable multi-level platform development, and cyber-focused cloud solutions. Ideal candidates should have a strong understanding of modern software development practices, and demonstrated experience in designing, prototyping, building, and testing complex software, from initial requirements through implementation, verification, testing, and deployment. In this role, the selected individual will join a team developing cutting-edge software for Department of Defense (DoD) systems.

Job Purpose

The Cyber Security Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests cybersecurity software in languages such as Java, C, and C++. The Cyber Security Software Engineer requires extensive knowledge of programming languages, software development, and computer operating systems in order to apply engineering principles to software creation. The necessary skill areas for the Cyber Security Software Engineer include programming and coding, fundamentals of computer science, design and architecture, algorithms and data structures, information analysis, debugging software, and testing software. The Cyber Security Software Engineer also creates novel cyber security technology components and software to ensure that critical systems and information are resilient to cyber exploits and attacks. The researcher also performs attendant vulnerability assessments, analysis, and software engineering and design. The Cyber Security Software Engineer also develops hardware and software prototypes, and tests those prototypes in realistic environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply expertise in computing systems, software structure to software planning, requirements, and development. Base software structure and design on the recognized limitations of hardware platform.
• Develop and maintain kernel and user-level software and scripts -Create and analyze network protocols

Additional Responsibilities

• Full DevSecOps lifecycle including software development, software debugging, software modification / enhancement, usability testing, deploying, and maintaining documentation
• Learning and understanding systems architectures to the extent the job requires such as operating systems, web servers, databases, networking, k8s, and any other system components
• Apply, create and analyze software algorithms
• Understanding and using software issue tracking, specifically as it pertains to agile practice and devsecops pipelines - Unit tests
  Automated testing
• Mentoring team members
• Creating and maintaining documentation, technical reports and presentations Interfacing with external teams
• Deployment of software using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Ansible Participate in Risk Management Framework (RMF) for software development Design new software security controls, in order to satisfy security requirements Develop Data Exchange specifications and data models

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with one object-oriented language Java, C++, and/or C# Experience with one cloud provider, AWS, Azure, Google and/or Oracle Experience with HTML and JavaScript
• Experience with Linux, UNIX or Windows
• Knowledgeable in version control software such as GIT Willing to pursue an advanced degree
• Technical diagnostic expertise including problem investigation, reproduction, and resolution skills Ability to acquire new skills efficiently
• Thrives in a collaborative environment
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD 8570 compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• Experience with web architectures including RESTful API design and Infrastructure as Code - Jersey/Guice, Rust, CI/CD pipelines
• CISSP or Security+ Certifications
• Experience with implementing automated of system deployments using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience with SQL and relational databases Experience with GraphQL
• Browser UI experience Angular, React, Vue J2EE, JMS
• Experience in design or implementation of zero trust architectures- Web Services - SOAP, XML, REST, JSON (X)HTML, CSS, LESS, CBOR, JOSE, COSE, JWT
• JavaScript/TypeScript Ajax
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Gradle, Webpack- Git

 

Travel Requirements

10% - 25% travel

Education and Length of Experience

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or related.
• 3 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or related.
• 0 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or related.

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Benefits at GTRI

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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