Operational Cybersecurity Research Liaison (Data Engineer)
Company: Indiana University
Location: Bloomington
Posted on: October 10, 2024
Job Description:
DepartmentUITS OMNISOC (UA-DOMN-IUBLA)Department InformationThis
position works with two major groups at Indiana University: OmniSOC
and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAIL) at the Kelley
School of Business. OmniSOC is a security operations center hosted
at Indiana University that provides monitoring and security
operations services to US-based higher education institutions,
research and education networks, and National Science Foundation
(NSF)-funded research facilities. OmniSOC, nearly 3 dozen strong
now, is primarily made up of 3 teams: platform engineering, which
runs the OmniSOC SIEM, IT infrastructure, and performs software
development and operates in a DevOps model to support services;
security teams and OmniSOC members, (2) security services that
comprise experienced cybersecurity subject matter experts that
specialize in the comprehensive assessment and growth of OmniSOC
members, and (3) the security analyst and engineering team that
focuses on analyzing OmniSOC member log data from networks and
endpoints. OmniSOC's core values include member focus, impact,
improvement, communication, and courage. Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence Lab (DSAIL) is located within the Kelley
School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington. DSAIL is an
internationally recognized research group with excellence in
developing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled analytics for
cybersecurity (cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability management,
open source software security), mental health, and business
intelligence applications. DSAIL has been funded by several grants
from the National Science Foundation (NSF). DSAIL has cultivated
substantial research collaborations with several industry firms,
including Microsoft, Google DeepMind, Robust Intelligence, and
others. DSAIL currently comprises over two dozen graduate and
undergraduate students. DSAIL's members have developed significant
expertise in AI-enabled analytics techniques such as large language
models, machine learning, deep learning, network science, text
analytics, and others. Several cybersecurity analytics systems
developed from DSAIL's research have been used by industry,
academic, and government entities for advanced cyber threat
intelligence applications. Job SummaryDepartment-Specific
Responsibilities
- Performs significant vulnerability assessment of a range of IT
assets and open source software as well as alert
management/prioritization.
- Seeks to help facilitate systematic, two-way data sharing
between both entities in a manner that would be aligned with
prevailing regulatory, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
- May seek opportunities to facilitate data sharing with other
other research entities.
- Seeks to perform academically rigorous, yet practically
relevant AI-enabled cybersecurity research projects that have the
potential to be transitioned into operational environments. As
such, this role would seek to help identify relevant operational
cybersecurity research opportunities that may be suitable for
AI-enabled analytics.
- Helps to facilitate interviews, focus groups, field
experiments, and/or case studies of selected research outputs from
DSAIL with OmniSOC personnel and environments.
- Produces scholarly outputs such as publications, workshops,
tutorials, grant proposals, etc. will be an essential component to
this role.
- Performs selected OmniSOC responsibilities (e.g., vulnerability
management, alert investigations, etc.) to thoroughly understand
OmniSOC's operational environment, identify potential transition
opportunities, and helps facilitate the transition of systems and
algorithms from DSAIL into OmniSOC.
- Seeks to offer mentorship and hands on guidance to junior
OmniSOC members and/or students, e.g., through IU's NSF CyberCorps
Scholarship-for-Service (SFS) program.
- Facilitates bidirectional data sharing efforts between OmniSOC
and DSAIL.
- Identifies AI-enabled cybersecurity analytics research
directions for DSAIL students and members.
- Provides technical and qualitative evaluations for research
solutions.
- Map transition pathways of selected research projects from
DSAIL into OmniSOC's operational environment.
- Participates and contributes to scholarly outputs of research
activities, including papers (conference, journal), book chapters,
and presentations at academic and practitioner venues.General
Responsibilities
- Performs advanced data management tasks, including complex data
modeling, conversion, de-duplication, migration, and identification
and repair of data quality issues.
- Designs, develops, and implements complex custom data systems
and advanced reconciliation tools, processes, rules, solutions etc.
to validate data, match/merge, and upload batch lists.
- Creates and tunes highly complex stored procedures and queries
for advanced data management and extraction.
- May contribute to committees and communities of practice to
share and improve data engineering practices across the university;
provides a high level of consultation and mentoring to other groups
and staff on the use of data engineering tools and software.
- Makes recommendations to improve, as well as implements,
documentation and security protocols and procedures for data
engineering projects and/or activities; fixes complex problems and
resolves issues accordingly.
- Provides advanced troubleshooting and problem
analysis/resolution for data related issues; acts as a point of
escalation for junior team members; performs advanced scripting and
modifications of application and products for corrective
action.
- Performs advanced-level research and stays up-to-date with data
engineering best practices and approaches; stays abreast of latest
security threats and risks to proactively address potential
exposures.
- May serve as project lead; often provides guidance to junior
peers.QualificationsCombinations of related education and
experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required
may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the
minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATIONRequired
- Bachelor's degree (preferably in computer science, information
science, or related field)WORK EXPERIENCERequired
- 5 years data management, engineering, operational
cybersecurity, or related experiencePreferred
- 5 years of advanced systems analysis/programming/systems
administration experience; transition experience of research
prototypes; significant publications and grant
experiencesSKILLSRequired
- Proficient communication skills
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism
- Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic
environment
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
- Highly thorough and dependable
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
- Possesses a high degree of initiative
- Ability to influence internal and/or external
constituentsPreferred
- Experience with AI-enabled cybersecurity analytics including
machine learning or deep learning for vulnerability management, log
file analysis, etc
- Proven track record working with researchers to conceive
research ideas and produce publications or other scholarly outputs
(e.g., conference proceedings, journal articles, etc.)
- Experience developing and transitioning technical research
solutions into practical, operational cybersecurity environments.
Selected skills to help facilitate transitions include, ability to
program in Python or other general purpose programming languages
and familiarity with IP protocol suite, NoSQL, and configuration
management systems such as Ansible
- Past demonstrated working experience mentoring junior engineers
or students in technical aspects of security engineering Working
Conditions / DemandsThis role requires the ability to effectively
communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office
productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as
well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the
campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the
essential functions with or without an accommodation.This role
includes an "on-call" component where the employee must be the
first responder for critical issues outside normal business hours.
The employee will participate in an on-call rotation with the rest
of the team during which they will be expected to respond to
occasional after-hours calls for a period of 1 week. Federal
background checks and/or non-disclosure agreements on behalf of the
OmniSOC's customer base may be required to fulfill employment
requirements. Please see this link for more information. Work
LocationBloomington, Indiana or Indianapolis, IndianaThis position
is eligible for remote work or to work a hybrid schedule (mix
between remote and in-person work), subject to change in the future
based on university policy and business needs. Benefits OverviewFor
full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array
of benefits including:
- Multiple plan options for medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
- Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
- Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to
vesting
- Additional supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition benefit for IU classes
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)Learn more about our benefits
by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.Job ClassificationCareer
Level: AdvancedFLSA: ExemptJob Function: Information TechnologyJob
Family: Data Analysis & EngineeringClick here to learn more about
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This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the
University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days.
To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application
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attachments.Equal Employment OpportunityIndiana University is an
equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of
ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana
University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color,
race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin,
disability status or protected veteran status. Indiana University
does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational
programs and activities, including employment and admission, as
required by Title IX. Questions or complaints regarding Title IX
may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for
Civil Rights or the university Title IX Coordinator. See Indiana
University's Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes
contact information.Campus Safety and SecurityThe Annual Security
and Fire Safety Report, containing policy statements, crime and
fire statistics for all Indiana University campuses, is available
online. You may also request a physical copy by emailing IU Public
Safety at iups@iu.edu or by visiting IUPD.Contact UsRequest
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