Senior Cybersecurity R&D Scientist, National Lab

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 118,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories, located in New Mexico, is seeking a highly skilled R&D S&E Cybersecurity professional to join the Threat Intelligence Center. You will work on reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, cryptography, AI security, and secure systems across embedded, mobile, and cloud platforms.

Onsite work is required in many roles, with multiple group opportunities within Sandia’s information security mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five years of directly relevant experience, or equivalent
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance may require a polygraph
• Graduate degree in CS/Engineering or related field is highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Perform manual and automated reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, malware analysis, and intrusion detection.
• Manage network operations, ensure information protection and resiliency, and implement authentication and authorization.
• Apply cryptography techniques to secure systems and data.
• Conduct side channel analysis to identify potential security weaknesses.
• Perform failure analysis to diagnose and resolve hardware and software issues.
• Gather and analyze threat intelligence to support security operations.
• Develop modeling, simulation, and emulation tools for system evaluation.
• Apply data science, information theory, and analytics to extract insights.
• Ensure hardware and software trust and assurance throughout development and deployment.
• Design, develop, and maintain RTOS and embedded systems, including IoT devices.
• Deploy and manage virtualization technologies and cloud platforms.
• Support mobile devices, smart technologies, and autonomous systems integration and security.
• Operate and secure industrial control systems and SCADA systems.
• Research, develop, and implement AI and AI security solutions.

Skills

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability assessment

Web application assessment

Computer networking

Programming/scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Graduate degree in CS/Engineering or related

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories, located in New Mexico, is seeking a highly skilled R&D S&E Cybersecurity professional to join the Threat Intelligence Center. You will work on reverse engineering, vulnerability assessment, cryptography, AI security, and secure systems across embedded, mobile, and cloud platforms.

Onsite work is required in many roles, with multiple group opportunities within Sandia’s information security mission.