Senior Cybersecurity Scientist at Riverside Research in US-OH-Beavercreek

Job description

• Riverside Research is seeking a senior research scientist to support R&D of cutting-edge security technologies and support technical business development to continue to grow the reach of our research. As a key member of our Secure and Resilient Systems team, the research scientist will lead efforts to prototype new security technologies in core research areas such as offensive cyber, systems security engineering, formal methods, and systems security software, working at the intersection of multiple areas to push the boundaries of security. Our goal is to get ahead and stay ahead of attackers in cost-effective ways. As a premier cyber research organization, we are committed to advancing the state of the art through sustained open source releases of our tooling (see some examples here: https://github.com/riversideresearch ). We value our team culture of adaptability and experimentation in our research, delivery of capability to our customers, and technical excellence in all we do.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with new customers and develop R&D opportunities with them to expand the reach of our technology and R&D services to improve national security
• Foster an entrepreneurial spirit and eagerness to engage in technical marketing and business development
• Lead the technical execution of existing and new research efforts by developing strong relationships with company leadership and technical contributors
• Mentor technical contributors and help them grow in their careers
• Develop rigor into technical execution of research programs to ensure timely delivery of high-quality technology solutions to customer problems
• Work closely with program management staff to ensure proper staffing of research efforts
• Share research results across the company and across industry

Requirements

• BS with 12 years related experience, MS with 8 years related experience, PhD with 5 years related experience in a technically relevant degree
• Leadership skills to develop, organize and execute significant capture activities, including building industry teams, assessing win probability, and executing customer call plans
• Outstanding technical abilities in multiple areas of computing
• Strong grasp on the research process (e.g., reading & writing academic papers, ideation for inventing solutions to hard problems)
• Ability to obtain Top Secret security clearance
• Self-starter and ability to manage time and technical tasks independently without direct supervision
• Superior written and verbal communications skills
• Motivated collaborator who’s comfortable communicating to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Existing US Government security clearance (TS/SCI desired)

Skills

Required

• Leadership
• Self-starter
• Motivated collaborator
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Adaptability and experimentation
• Offensive cyber
• Systems security engineering
• Formal methods
• Systems security software

Benefits

• $138,600-$210,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.