Req #: 243134

Department: INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Appointing Department Web Address: https://ise.washington.edu/

Job Location Detail: In-person

Posting Date: 02/05/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $30 - $35 per hour

Shift: First Shift

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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) maintains an internationally recognized research program with three research areas (operations, applied statistics and production systems, and human factors and ergonomics) and research applications in health care, transportation and manufacturing). ISE prepares students for careers in a diverse and dynamically global environment, by providing them with the skills to foster a sustainable and safe future. Students learn to take a systems approach to problem solving and to recognize the larger societal impact of each engineering decision. We offer degrees at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level, and our professional Master of Engineering program provides individuals in the workplace the opportunity to sharpen their leadership and entrepreneurship skills.

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The department’s annual research volume of our faculty is currently over $4 million. More information is available at: https://ise.washington.edu/. We strive to build and maintain a culturally diverse community and encourage applications from women and minority candidates. The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as protected veterans, or status as qualified individuals with disabilities.

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering has an outstanding opportunity for an entry level, Temporary Research Scientist/Engineer 2 position.

The Research Scientist/Engineer 2 will support the research programs directed by Dr. Prashanth Rajivan on cyberpsychology informed cyber defense technologies and experiments with human subjects. The successful candidate will assist the PI in designing cyber deception technologies, conducting tests in cyber ranges, supporting the design and execution of large-scale experiments with expert cybersecurity professionals, and conducting statistical analyses on the data collected from the experiments. The hired person will collaborate with industry and university partners involved in the sponsored project, contribute to technical reports to meet project milestones. Additionally, the successful candidate will also be expected to regularly collaborate with graduate and undergraduate students involved in the project, help with participant recruitment, attend weekly meetings, monitor project activities, maintain confidentiality of data, and interact regularly with the technical and administrative points of contact of the sponsoring organization.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Conducting research, including engineering design, experimentation, and knowledge dissemination (78%)

• Assist in designing and testing of cyberpsychology informed defense technologies.

• Assist in the designing and execution of experiments with expert populations in the cyber range.

• Assist in analyzing the data collected from experiments and share findings with the PI and the program partners.

• Report the research progress to the supervisor regularly and as needed.

• Contribute to development of research reports, and contribute to the preparation of manuscripts for publications in scientific journals.Managing and supervising project activities: (20%)

• Collaborate with other team members to meet the project milestones.

• Collaborate with graduate students, undergraduate students, and others in the team.

• Interact and collaborate with other university and industry partners in the program.Other duties as assigned by the supervisor (2%) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Data Science, or STEM-related fields and two years of relevant experience.

• Background and experience in cybersecurity defense and cybersecurity operations. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.

• Experience with cybersecurity tools, such as intrusion detection systems, penetration testing tools, or cyber range platforms.

• Experience participating in security hackathons, CTFs and CDXs.

• Experience with red-teaming and background knowledge in cyber deception.

• Knowledge of statistical analysis tools (e.g., R, SPSS) and/or machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, Scikit-learn).

• Experience writing scientific papers, making technical presentations, and publishing in peer-reviewed conferences and journals.

• Excellent teamwork experience and communication skills. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.