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HPC Cyber Security Engineer

Overview:
 
The National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking highly qualified individuals to play a key role in improving the security, performance, and reliability of the NCCS computing infrastructure.

We are looking for self-starters that can both see the big picture as well as pay attention to detail. In this role you will focus on cyber security engineering and operations in the Cyber Security team within the Security and Information Engineering Group to support all activities of the supercomputing center. If you are excited about combining Linux system best practices and developing one-of-a-kind HPC security capabilities, this position offers you the opportunity to directly contribute to state-of-the-art security practices and guarantee the integrity of open science publications that utilize NCCS supercomputing resources.
 
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
 
• Maintaining security applications deployed by container orchestration tools.
• Developing new security applications using industry standard practices.
• Performing assessments and verifying cyber security policy.
• Analyzing, triaging, and responding to application, system, and network events.
• Installing, maintaining, and monitoring IDS/IPS.
• Interpreting cyber security policy.
• Generating cyber security operational summaries and reports.
• Performing host and network forensics.
• Configuring and maintaining event correlation and reduction tools.
• Automating cyber security tasks.
• Developing and porting cyber security utilities.
• Scanning networks for vulnerabilities.
• Responding to system vulnerabilities and coordinating system patches and updates.
• Performing approved penetration testing and verification.
• Documenting cyber security procedures.
• Participating in a 24-hour, 7-day on-call incident response rotation.
 
Basic Qualifications:
 
  •  Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
 
 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Understanding of cyber security concepts, best practices, and tools.
• Experience or knowledge of hardening UNIX/Linux environments.
• Understanding of networked computing environment concepts.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work well in a team environment.
• Natural ability to grow new and emerging technologies
• Experience deploying and maintaining systems in UNIX/Linux environments. 
• Experience with IDS/IPS.
• Experience in a high-performance computing environment
• Experience using monitoring software or appliances for cyber security.
• Experience using analysis software or appliances for cyber security.
• Experience with incident response and engaging in forensics
• Programming and advanced scripting experience.
• Experience with automated configuration management tools such as Puppet or Ansible.
• Experience in network, application, and/or security architecture and design.
• Familiarity with common protocols such as: DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SNMP, SMTP, HTTP, SSL.
• Ability to perform under pressure and in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Security Certifications (GIAC, CISSP, etc.) are a plus.
Cyber security experience in a US government environment.
 
****Visa sponsorship not available with this position
 
Relocation:  Moving can be overwhelming and expensive. UT-Battelle offers a generous relocation package to ease the transition process. Domestic and international relocation assistance is available for certain positions. If invited to interview, be sure to ask your Recruiter (Talent Acquisition Partner) for details.
 
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This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified and/or hired.
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