Early Career Cybersecurity Researcher – Cyber Threat Center Onsite

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Are you passionate about research dedicated to keeping systems safe and thwarting cyber intrusions? Are you dreaming of a chance to develop protective technologies, conduct threat assessments, and analyze government, military, and civilian computer networks? If so, this is the opportunity for you to join Sandia’s unique multidisciplinary team committed to solving the information security challenges facing our nation. As part of our team, you will engage in work across the technology spectrum including embedded, mobile, desktop, enterprise, and cloud systems, as well as globally connected networks of networks.

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories.

We are looking for early‑career cybersecurity scientists and engineers to join Sandia’s national security missions. In this role, you will have the opportunity to engage in a diverse range of research areas, including:

• Manual and automated reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, and malware analysis
• Intrusion prevention/detection and response, penetration testing, and forensics
• Network operation, information protection, and resiliency. Authentication and Authorization
• Cryptography
• Side Channel Analysis
• Failure Analysis
• Threat intelligence
• Modeling, simulation, and emulation
• Data science, information theory, and streaming and behavioral analytics. Hardware/software trust and assurance
• Real‑time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded systems, including Internet of Things (IoT)
• FPGA Programming (HDL/VHDL experience)
• Virtualization (system and network) technologies and cloud technologies
• Mobile devices and smart technologies
• Autonomous systems
• Industrial control systems, Operational Technology (OT), and SCADA systems
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI Security

Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at Sandia National Laboratories. Due to the nature of the job, the selected candidate must be able to work onsite. Relocation will be provided to eligible candidates. Minimal travel is required.

$99,400 – $193,600

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance.
• The ability to obtain and maintain an SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph.

The ideal R&D Cybersecurity Engineer candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Forensics, Mathematics or a directly related field where an independent research…