Cyber Portfolio Staff Consultant for Energy and Control Systems Security (ECSS)

Requisition Id 15324 

 

Overview:  

As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an impressive 80-year legacy of addressing the nation’s most pressing challenges. Our team is made up of over 7,000 dedicated and innovative individuals! Our goal is to create an environment where a variety of perspectives and backgrounds are valued, ensuring ORNL is known as a top choice for employment. These principles are essential for supporting our broader mission to drive scientific breakthroughs and translate them into solutions for energy, environmental, and security challenges facing the nation. 

 

We are currently seeking qualified applicants for Cyber Portfolio Staff Consultant for Energy and Control Systems Security (ECSS) in the Cyber Resilience and Intelligence Division. The Staff Consultant position affords the unique opportunity to work on critical national security missions with a group of dedicated R&D professionals and establish ORNL as a premier R&D organization. The ECSS Group researches and develops technologies to address risks within the national critical infrastructure with emphasis on energy, manufacturing, vehicles, and buildings.

 

Purpose:

This position will participate in innovative Research and Development (R&D) for the group that strategically advances science and technology (S&T) consistent with ORNL’s aspiration to be the world’s premier R&D institution and ORNL’s science culture. The Staff Consultant reports to the Group Leader and works closely with the R&D Section Head to direct the scientific vision; establishes capabilities that enable programs to excel at the forefront of science and technology; informs R&D to advance the field of knowledge and/or technology in one’s respective specialty; sets, implements, and models standards for performance of work consistent with Environment, Safety, Security, Health, and Quality (ESH&Q) requirements and business rules; and ensures a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee feels safe, heard, and appreciated—a workplace that sets an example for the broader community.

 

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Analyze, create, and present cyber reports relating to cyber physical systems programs in critical US infrastructure.
• Lead program development activities through sponsor engagements, preparation of proposals and white papers, participation in workshops, and others.
• Implement plans to bring to bear new opportunities and/or expand existing efforts.
• Exercise scientific integrity in proposing, performing, and communicating research.
• Lead by example to ensure all work is carried out safely, securely, and in compliance with ORNL policies, standards, and procedures.
• Exemplify a commitment to excellence in research, operations, and community engagement, and work cooperatively to leverage scientific capabilities across ORNL.
• Advance the reputation and standing of the group through collaborations, professional society leadership, and involvement.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

 

 

Basic Qualifications:

• A Masters Degree in professional writing and/or program management.
• 15 years of experience in strategic messaging and program management in fields of cyber, cyber-physical and national security.
• A proven record of report generation in the field of interest.
• Q/SCI Security Clearance.

 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience managing DOE (specifically CESER and DOE-IN), DoD and IC R&D projects.
• Working knowledge of OT systems, the U.S. electrical grid, and electric utility structure.
• Demonstrated portfolio of unclassified and classified deliverables.
• Experience working with technical teams to direct research areas, defining technical goals, and collaboration to generate easily understandable reports by non-technical groups.
• Experience with electric utility interaction, ingestion of technical information, and ability to describe and disseminate complex tech