Information Cybersecurity Engineer (Mid to Senior Level) - ICD - Open Rank

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Project/Unit Description

The Information and Cybersecurity Department (ICD) provides enterprise cybersecurity services in protection of GTRI's unclassified information assets (data, systems, and networks). ICD consists of two components: The Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Team and the Information Security Operations Center (ISOC). The GRC Team provides services in cybersecurity policy, risk management, data governance, privacy, awareness and training, and ensuring compliance with Federal, state, and local cybersecurity requirements. The ISOC provides technical cybersecurity expertise via services in continuous monitoring, incident response, and vulnerability management.

ICD's mission is to safeguard the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of GTRI’s data and information systems. We are committed to building a resilient security culture that empowers our teams to innovate while proactively mitigating risk. Through strategic leadership, continuous education, and collaboration with stakeholders.  

Job Purpose

Requires extensive knowledge of computer operating systems, networks, log analysis and security tools.

Applies engineering principles to cybersecurity challenges.

Necessary skill areas: fundamentals of computer science, information analysis, testing software, log analysis, event correlation, anomaly detection, and behavioral analysis.

Defining cybersecurity controls for different systems and networks.

Creates novel cyber security technology components to ensure that critical systems/information are resilient to cyber exploits and attacks.

Performs attendant vulnerability assessments, analysis, and software engineering and design.

Ensures cybersecurity needs established and maintained for operations, security requirements definition, security risk assessment, information systems analysis, information systems design, information systems hardening, configuration and maintenance of other security boundary devices (IDS/IPS, Firewalls, perimeter routing) and vulnerability scanning, incident response, disaster recovery, and operations continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis.

Engineers, implements, and maintains Information Technology Infrastructure and associated cybersecurity controls.

Areas of responsibility include but are not limited to information security operations, cyber risk & intelligence, data loss & fraud protection, regulatory compliance, policy management and audits & assessment.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with information technology risk assessments for systems, software, or configurations.
• Helps with the validation security control configuration on systems, ensure all systems are configured to necessary controls, such as NIST, DFARS 252.204-7012, CMMC, and other similar requirements.
• Actively collaborates with customers and external teams, derives tasks from detailed requirements.
• Design and interpret security requirements and practices to meet enterprise accreditation goals.
• Provide leadership to lower-level cybersecurity a