Senior Research Scientist; PREP

Data Scientist / Computer Scientist – Large Scale Network Measurement and Modeling

Salary: $115,500 per year.

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP). It supports collaboration with academic researchers and involves design and development of network measurement and modeling systems that advance security and resilience of critical network infrastructures.

• Develop measurement, data acquisition, and analysis systems to characterize the completeness and correctness of early deployments of new security and resilience technologies for the Internet’s global routing system.
• Develop custom modeling and analytics to characterize the scalability and efficacy of emerging standards to mitigate hijacks, route leaks, and source address spoofing in the Internet’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
• Build large‑scale simulations and emulations of early designs of routing security and resilience mechanisms for non‑terrestrial networks (NTNs).
• Author high‑quality research reports, standards contributions, and presentations to industry and government collaborators.
• Ensure that analysis reports, software, and documentation are publicly disseminated through proper NIST processes.

• A PhD in data science, computer science, or a closely related field.
• 3 years of relevant experience in design and development of measurement, modeling, and analysis systems for global Internet technologies.
• 3 years of experience with modern data engineering technologies to enable continuous acquisition, storage, and analysis of large‑scale data sets.
• 3 years of experience in developing analysis and visualization tools for large‑scale data sets.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship preferred.
• Experience authoring research publications, presentations, and standards contributions documenting results of large‑scale network measurement, modeling, and analysis research.

• This opportunity is for an associate researcher in the NIST Wireless Networks Division, located in Gaithersburg, MD. Relocation funds are not available.
• Associate researchers are not federal employees but work closely with NIST researchers.
• Salary is commensurate with experience and does not exceed $115,500 per year.