Technical Engagement Lead

Who We Are SEI conducts research and development in software engineering, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and many other areas of computing, working to introduce private-sector innovations into government. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Its core purposes are to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities, advance cybersecurity methods and technologies, and bring the discipline of software engineering to AI systems.What We Do The CERT Threat Analysis (TA) Directorate conducts research and development activities to identify, analyze, coordinate disclosure, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities in systems and software. The TA Directorate is currently comprised of three teams:  Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security, Malware and Vulnerability Exploitation, and Platform and Mission Engineering.  The AI Security team works on advancing the state of the art in AI security at a national and global scale. The Malware and Vulnerability Exploitation (MVE) team works to improve cyber-tradecraft analysis within strategic target communities to counter adversarial use of the Internet and related technologies.  The vulnerability side of MVE (home of the CERT Coordination Center) works with an expansive network of vendors, partners, and collaborators to reduce the societal harm of vulnerable software and systems.  The Platform and Mission Engineering team develops and maintains tools, environments, and operational support for the malware analysis, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, and AI security domains. Position SummaryAs a Technical Engagement Lead in Threat Analysis, you will work closely with the TA leadership team to oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of a portfolio of technical projects supporting our Intelligence Community (IC) mission partners.  You will partner with our Cybersecurity Innovations and Initiatives (CII) team to coordinate with our IC mission partners, ensuring project performance meets expectations, deliverables are on schedule, and technical approaches remain aligned with partner needs.  You will monitor project health through regular reviews, track milestones and risks, and provide TA leadership with clear assessments of how our work is landing with the sponsors.  You will partner across SEI technical and support staff, to create and sustain a culture of technical excellence, creativity, cross-enterprise collaboration, innovation within the portfolio, and secure capability transitions.  Finally, you will also contribute technically, helping shape approaches to analyzing, assuring, and countering software systems in support of National Security. Who you are:Technical Leadership:  You have experience managing complex technical projects from initiation through delivery, including planning and scheduling, resource coordinati...