Senior Software Engineer

The CERT division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, engages in state-of-the-art research and development and provides robust solutions focused on ensuring that software engineers, cybersecurity experts, network and system administrators, and others are able to resist, recognize, and recover from attacks on software systems.

The Applied Systems Group helps organizations apply best practices, tools, and techniques at the rate needed to keep pace with evolving opportunities, threats, and risks. The goal of the team is to provide expertise in a wide range of skills throughout the software development lifecycle with a focus on holistic cybersecurity and engineering approaches to software intensive systems. Our team must keep pace with rapid changes to the computing and software landscape and, in some cases, the computing has outpaced the methods. It is incumbent upon us to generate novel approaches to meet specific and unique sponsor needs.

Position Summary:

Working alongside other technical experts in the institute, you will be involved in conceiving, developing, testing, and deploying, and maintaining infrastructure and software systems to improve the capabilities of CERT customers. You will participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle and will contribute to key decisions regarding design, technology selection, and architecture of secure and resilient systems. You will be expected to function within cross-domain teams; learn new skills, programming languages, and technologies as necessary; and solve meaningful problems through technical innovation. Working directly with sponsors and end users you will analyze customer requirements and provide novel solutions.

Requirements:

• BS in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or related field of study, with 10 years of relevant experience, OR a MS in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or related field, with 8 years of relevant experience.
• Willingness to travel to various locations to support the SEI’s overall mission. This may include national travel to sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings on occasion.
• You will be subject to a background check and must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work for CMU in the United States. CMU will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity.
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong grasp of the fundamentals of Computer Science
• Strong grasp of programming, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience developing in multiple layers of the modern software stack
• Familiarity with virtualized infrastructures, cloud computing, and containerization
• Familiarity with the internals of the Linux operating system
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD concepts
• Strong analysis, debugging, and problem-solving skills
  

Desired Experience:

• Working knowledge of general hardware and networking concepts, with some background in cyber security. Familiarity with containerization and workload orchestration technologies.

Location

Arlington, VA, Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function

Software/Applications Development/Engineering

Position Type

Staff – Regular

Full Time/Part time

Full time

Pay Basis

Salary

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