Solutions Engineer

About This Role

Working on interdisciplinary teams, the Solutions Engineer develops engineering guidance and applies SEI and non-SEI technologies and resources. This role involves assessing gaps between available tools and resources and contributing to the CERT Situational Awareness team within the Software Engineering Institute (SEI).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical support to senior decision makers
• Lead or contribute to teams in the development, evaluation, and improvement of security architectures
• Develop and analyze system of systems (SoS) architectures, systems requirements, engineering, analysis, technology evaluation, and deployment guidance
• Develop and evaluate advanced analytical techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), behavioral analytics, and data-driven approaches for cyber operations
• Document current-state architectures, identify capability and coverage gaps, evaluate technology integration strategies, recommend security solutions, and develop mission threads/workflows
• Support organizations in planning, assessing, and implementing Zero Trust and cyber resilience strategies
• Evaluate, pilot, and transition new technologies into operational environments
• Develop cybersecurity, technology, and architecture roadmaps aligned with mission and business objectives
• Assess organizational capabilities, security architectures, operational processes, and cyber resilience to identify strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Become a respected domain expert by customers, commercial vendors, and the Internet community
• Contribute to diverse teams composed of colleagues, customers, and others, to deliver projects
• Occasionally act in a managerial capacity by leading, mentoring, and motivating less-senior staff
• Lead small to intermediate projects

Requirements

• BS with eight (8) years or MS with five (5) years or equivalent combination of training and experience
• Willingness to travel to various locations to support the SEI’s overall mission, including within the SEI and CMU community, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings on occasion
• Ability to present technical topics to audiences from senior leadership to technical experts
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders to promote practical solutions to tough security problems
• Strong understanding of networking, security, systems administration, programming, and/or cloud
• Strong research and writing skills
• Ability to work at the SoS architecture level to identify and understand tradeoffs of various approaches
• Experience working with the government, or within a critical infrastructure sector