Job #6277 - Technical Manager

SUMMARY

The CERT Network Situational Awareness (NetSA) is an applied research and development group that builds prototype tools and conducts quantitative studies of large-scale USG networks in support of operational sponsors. This approximately 25-person group has diverse expertise to include security analysts, network engineers, statisticians, and developers in the Pittsburgh and Washington DC-area. The position of technical manager is responsible for all aspects of developing and executing the NetSA body of work to include setting the technical direction; managing financials; business development; and personnel issues.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Manages group to effectively implement the SEI and task order work plans. Sets goals and objectives and manages operational and functional business activities. Develops, implements and tracks short and long term operational plans (financial, staffing, infrastructure, project)
2. Provides guidance to and monitors the success of team leads in meeting strategic and operational goals. Assesses performance of direct reports and makes salary recommendations for all staff within areas of responsibility. Provides oversight of team leads and their supervisory responsibilities of technical staff and conducting performance reviews. Responsible for recruitment, hiring, development and retention of all technical and support staff.
3. Sets technical direction for NetSA. Leads planning process and contribute to the development the CERT strategic plan. Ensures regular update of NetSA plan; reviews feasibility of plan, identifies risks and defines risk mitigation strategy. Articulates vision for internal and external audiences.
4. Identifies opportunities for new technical projects and manages start-up of new, high-priority technical areas of work. Works with Technical Director of CTVA to develop and implement a funding and transition plan for new work areas.
5. Directs organizational effectiveness and staff learning and development plans. Identifies operational success measures and process improvements. Leads corrective action.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Training: MS/MA in a scientific or technical field with eight years experience, or equivalent.

Experience:

• Experience listed above should have some relation to security operations or research
• Prior responsibility in managing a team of individuals at least 5 individuals with commensurate personnel and financial authority

Skills/Abilities: Successful candidates will

• Management experience overseeing staff who conducted the following functions
  • Studies analyzing network data to including quantitative and visual approaches
  • Developing customer software systems
  • Incident response
• Knowledge of current challenges and threats faced by USG network security and intelligence organizations
• Understanding of network, database and application security issues
• Theoretical knowledge of Internet protocols, operations, and governance
• Ability to set and implement a strategic direction for a technical group
• Technical project management
• Ability to brief strategic and technical topics to senior management and non-technical audiences
• Ability to sustain a team with business development activity

OTHER

Physical/Mobility: Primarily sedentary in an office setting with some mobility. Requires travel to various domestic locations within the SEI and CMU community to include the SEI DC office; sponsor sites; conferences; and offsite meetings with routine frequency (2-3 trips a month)

Environmental Conditions: Normal office conditions; close contact with computer display for extended periods of time

Mental: Ability to

• work meticulously with careful attention to detail;
• meet deadlines while working on multiple tasks – sometimes under pressure and with shifting priorities;
• deal collaboratively, diplomatically, and successfully with customers, co-workers and other professional colleagues, managers, and staff;
• ability to grasp the big picture, direction, and goals of an effort;
• develop and communicate innovative ideas;
• excellent oral and written communication skills.

Other: Candidates must be able to pass a background investigation, obtain a DoD TS/SCI security clearance, and be a US citizen

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Training: PhD in a technical field with five years experience

Education/Training:

• Prior responsibility in managing a team of 20 individuals with commensurate personnel and financial authority
• Experience with multiple, external sponsors
• Experience on an incident response; intelligence or security operations floor
• Participation in a broad public forums through activities such as standards, open source development, or publication
• Experience designing or developing network monitoring architectures for large, carrier class networks
• Experience designing and developing high-performance, distributed, secure, scalable software involving collection and analysis of data from many different customers
• Experience in all-source analysis

Skills/Abilities:

• User and implementation level experience with all of the following technologies: IDS, IPS, SIM/SEM, network mapping, vulnerability scanners, firewalls, and routers
• Knowledge of multiple modern operating system
• Experience with mathematical programming and visual analysis systems
• Knowledge of USG networks, policies and missions areas/owners in cyber security

Resumes from recruiting firms will not be accepted.
To apply please go to
Careers@CarnegieMellon

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon University.

CERT^® and CERT Coordination Center^® are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

This page was last updated October 16, 2009