Software Engineer, Pittsburgh

[jsavinda]

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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position:       Software Engineer
Location:       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Type:           Permanent F/T

Closing Date:   2008-11-29

Position Summary:
The CERT® Program is part of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CERT engages in cutting-edge research and development, helps organizations and individuals protect
their systems, and provides robust training and education programs. Our focus is on ensuring that software developers, internet security experts, network and system administrators, and others are able to resist, recognize, and recover from attacks on networked systems.

As a member of the Engineering Team in the CERT Network Situational Awareness group, the candidate selected for this position will participate in efforts to develop new software tools for monitoring large-scale computer networks and analyzing traffic on those networks. The selected candidate will participate in software design,
implementation and testing, and support customer deployments of software developed by the engineering team. The candidate will work with the
engineering team lead to contribute to the overall direction of the engineering team, participate in key architectural decisions, and serve in a technical leadership role on selected projects.


JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Education/Training:
MS in computer science, software engineering, or a related quantitative field of study with one year of applicable experience.
Experience:
Applicable experience in the design and implementation of complex, secure, mission critical software systems, including experience in:
- C or C++ development in a Unix environment, including network programming (at least one year of professional experience)
- Scripting in Python, Perl or equivalent scripting environment
- Development of performance-critical, security-related and/or security-critical applications
- Design and documentation of the architecture of complex multi-component systems
- Development of TCP/IP related stack or network protocols

Skills/Abilities:
- Experience with development tools such as: gcc, gdb, automake, autoconf and cvs
- Understanding of carrier level communications
- Understanding of basic computer systems, and network, database and application security issues
- Ability to apply sound software engineering practices to program development (e.g., systematic approach to developing and documenting code, version control and configuration management, inspections and thorough testing)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively without close supervision

Mobility:
Sedentary in an office setting with some mobility, i.e., able to travel to various locations within the SEI and CMU community as well as travel to customer sites.

Environmental Conditions:
Close contact with computer for extended periods of time

Mental:
Ability to work meticulously with careful attention to detail; ability to meet deadlines while working on multiple tasks – sometimes under
pressure and with shifting priorities; ability to deal collaboratively, diplomatically, and successfully with customers, co-workers and other
professional colleagues, managers, and staff; ability to grasp the big picture, direction, and goals of an effort; ability to quickly learn new
procedures, techniques, approaches, etc.

Other:
Candidate must be able to pass a background investigation, obtain a TS/SCI security clearance, and be a US citizen.

Essential Functions:
(1) participate in the design, implementation, and maintenance of software tools in support of customer deployments and network traffic studies.


CONTACT
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To Apply::
Careers@CarnegieMellon makes it easy for you to search for positions at the SEI that match your interests, apply for positions electronically,
and create a Job Agent that will notify you by email when jobs that meet your criteria become available.

Please visit the Careers@CarnegieMellon web site
(https://secured.kenexa.com/cmu/cc/MyProfileAction.ss?command=MyProfile)
to create a profile and apply to this position (job number 5343).

Software Engineering Institute
Jeff Savinda
Technical Recruiter
jsavinda@...



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