Branch Head and Cyber Architect - GTRI-ICL

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The Trusted Interoperable Systems and Architectures Division (TISAD) in the Information and Communications Laboratory (ICL) seeks a Branch Chief and Cyber Architect for the Secure Architectures and Cloud Computing (SACC) branch. SACC is focused on the design and development of complex enterprise systems capable of providing the secure processing, storage and exchange of sensitive information (including PHI, PII, and classified data), particularly in cloud environments. In addition to the application of current technical standards and processes our systems are designed to enable effective governance, compliance and risk management processes as an integrated capability.

Branch Head: Lead multiple sponsored research projects. Manage Branch (7-15 FTE) administrative activities including hiring, appraisals and sponsored project success.

Cyber Architect: Designs and develops new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks. Ensures system security needs established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis. Integrates new architectural features into existing infrastructures, designs cyber security architectural artifacts, provides architectural analysis of cyber security features and relates existing system to future needs and trends, embeds advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integration and testing issues. Possess broad knowledge of security field with increasing expertise in a specialized area (e.g., identity and access management, healthcare security, cloud computing security, software security, etc.). May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.

Branch Head:

• Recognized SME in technical domain. Lead and/or contribute to white papers and proposals
• Seek out and respond to opportunities for new research
• Support presentations and travel to support new business development
• Ensure that the branch is continuing to pursue new and novel research efforts through judicious use of internal R&D funding
• Lead branch hiring activities including development of position vacancy announcements, resume reviews, interviews and onboarding
• Determine branch hiring needs
• Lead role on manpower planning for branch personnel
• Conduct staff appraisals
• Support Monthly Project Status Review meetings
• Coordinate with division leadership as required
• Lead branch hiring activities including development of position vacancy announcements, resume reviews, interviews and onboarding
• Determine branch hiring needs
• Lead role on manpower planning for branch personnel
• Conduct staff appraisals
• Support Monthly Project Status Review meetings
• Coordinate with division leadership as required

Cyber Architect

• Technical lead on system integration and API development efforts
• Possesses knowledge in specialized area of cybersecurity (e.g., ICAM, Threat Detection, Software Security, etc.).
• High level of technical expertise encompassing a variety of systems.
• Primary line of communication with, and point of contact for, US Government sponsor program management team
• Brief project status internally and to sponsors, as well as DoD leadership as requested by the sponsor
• Assist in the maintenance of the operation/production environment (to include performing software upgrades)
• Senior consultant for web application development
• Primary interface with ISSM & sponsor cyber teams
• Lead the design and implementation of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) security solutions, and to apply those ICAM solutions to advanced problem domains such as federation and trusted information sharing within select target communities of customers and project stakeholders.
• Systems and database administration on testbed and operational environments (unclassified and classified)
• Represent project at technical exchange meetings between GTRI, sponsor, and other Government and industry organizations
• Analyze third-party systems to propose integration courses of action
• Coordinate software deployments and assist in scheduling
• Design, configure, and maintain AWS environment
• Lead cross-project collaboration events within the division (weekly tag-ups, one-offs, etc.)
• Primary point of contact for external organizations leveraging GTRI-developed ICAM solutions
• Contribute to or lead research proposal responses
• Database schema design and design review
• Lead internal/independent research (IRAD) projects to explore new technical areas for the lab
• Interact, advise, and counsel on a regular basis with internal staff as well as project customers and other stakeholders from the communities in which these solutions are implemented.

• Serves as Cyber SME in funded research projects.
• Designs and develops new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer's enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.
• Ensures system security needs established and maintained for operations development, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, systems hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis.
• Integrates new architectural features into existing infrastructures, designs cyber security architectural artifacts, provides architectural analysis of cyber security features and relates existing system to future needs and trends, embeds advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provides engineering recommendations, and resolves integration and testing issues.
• May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.

• Possess broad knowledge of security field with increasing expertise in a specialized area (e.g., identity and access management, healthcare security, cloud computing security, software security, etc.).
• Experience in business development and in successfully obtaining external research funding
• Demonstrated proactive leadership of a group of researchers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills
• Interpersonal skills for relationship building (sponsors, partners, collaborators, staff, etc.) and conflict resolution

• Active Secret Clearance
• CISSP Certification

<10% travel

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

• 14 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 12 years of related experience with a Masters' degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 9 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

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

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

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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