Senior Cybersecurity Full Stack Development Researcher

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Senior Cybersecurity Full Stack Development Researcher

CO - Golden

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NREL is located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado, is the nation's primary laboratory for energy systems research and development.

Join NREL, where world‑class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NREL stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost‑effective energy solutions.

Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth.

At NREL, you’ll find a mission‑driven environment supported by state‑of‑the‑art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well‑being.

The Cybersecurity System Analysis Group (CSAG) within NREL’s Cybersecurity Research Center performs research cybersecurity research on integrated energy systems with the goal of building resiliency and reducing risk across the energy sector. This is primarily accomplished through engaging with various partners to model and simulate energy systems to conduct research. Research areas include threat to consequence risk analysis, hardware & software security, supply chain security, and testing and evaluation.

Researchers within CSAG have the opportunity to drive NREL research in energy system security and advance a rapidly growing cybersecurity portfolio. Team members work to utilize and build capability of the best‑in‑class ARIES Cyber Range to deploy applicable large‑scale test environments, perform hardware‑in‑the‑loop technology experiments, and collaborate with other laboratory and government partners.

CSAG is seeking an experienced senior cybersecurity research and developer professional to lead various cybersecurity research portfolios relating to NREL’s ARIES Cyber Range. The successful candidate will demonstrate a deep knowledge of full stack software development, offensive and defensive cybersecurity principles, as well as an ability to accomplish strategic and technical research objectives, directly task and coordinate on‑site resources and individual contributors, collaborate with partners from across national labs, the Department of Energy, industry, and national security partners.

Researcher VI

• Define and build the technical capabilities of the ARIES Cyber Range in order to advance modeling and simulation capabilities, reference architectures, threat‑to‑consequence analysis, and testing and evaluation.
• Defines and advances the laboratory’s strategic research vision for cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and energy systems.
• Leads the conception, design, and execution of complex, multi‑organizational, or multi‑disciplinary projects.
• Develops new research directions, scientific approaches, or technologies that shape the state of the art, to include software tool development and R&D.
• Represent NREL as the technical leader for the ARIES Cyber Range as well as the principal investigator for other large projects and programs.
• Drives proposal strategy, identifies new sponsor opportunities, and secures external funding through established relationships with DOE program offices (e.g., DOE CESER) and energy‑sector partners.
• Represents the organization in national‑level forums, panels, and collaborations.
• Provides mentorship and technical leadership to senior staff and serves as an advisor on organizational priorities.
• Advance rigor, innovation, and impact of NREL’s cybersecurity research.
• Lead cyber business development efforts by aligning focus with the ARIES Cyber Range strategy.

Researcher V

• Contribute to and enhance the technical…