Posting Title

Group Manager - Cyber Systems Analysis Group

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.

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We invite all interested candidates to apply for this opportunity. While we recognize that job seekers may hesitate if they don’t meet every requirement, we encourage dedicated individuals who meet all the basic and additional required qualifications of the role to submit an application. We value the opportunity to consider those who believe they have the necessary skills and ambition to succeed at NREL.

Job Description

Staff in NREL’s Cybersecurity Research Center (CRC) work to secure the energy transformation by leading cutting-edge, impactful cybersecurity research that enables scalable and quantifiable cyber risk reduction for future energy systems. Primary objectives to realize this vision include:

• Fully understand cyber risks to help guarantee the benefits of the energy transformation.
• Make cybersecurity less of an art, more of a science.
• Advance cyber resilience such that failures of any part of the grid have limited consequence.
• Proactively address future cyber challenges and transform them into opportunities.

The Cyber Systems Analysis (CSA) group, one of five cybersecurity R&D groups within the CRC, assesses the performance of existing and future energy systems under cyber-attack scenarios through verifiable, evidenced-based cybersecurity testing methodologies. This includes rigorous test and evaluation of cyber technologies for future and clean energy systems, at scale system of systems analysis addressing shared cybersecurity risk of evolving grid technologies across existing and emerging stakeholders, and interdependency studies to better understand the cybersecurity implications of electrification and digitization trends. Outputs of this research area include principles, tools, techniques, and methodologies to assess and mitigate service disruptions from cyber-attacks, alone or in combination with physical attacks, extreme weather and other natural disasters.

This technical Group Manager (GM) position will provide technical leadership and strategic direction of people and capabilities for a highly technical cybersecurity research group within the CRC. This GM position will also be responsible for oversight and stewardship of NREL’s ARIES Cyber Range capability, the premier cyber research, development, testing, and evaluation environment for energy systems.

Other responsibilities include:

• Guide research and development in foundational and applied sciences for advancing the security and resilience of complex cyber-energy systems.  
• Lead the development of cyber range analysis capabilities related to uncertainty quantific