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Carnegie Mellon University’s SEI researches complex software engineering, cyber, and AI problems; creates and tests innovative technologies; and transitions mature solutions into practice for the Department of War (DoW) and federal government.\nWhat We Do:\nThe CERT Situational Awareness helps organizations, particularly those within the DoW, federal government, and critical infrastructure sectors, develop and maintain awareness of their cyber hybrid environments (cloud, on-premises, mobile), identify risks, and make informed decisions concerning cybersecurity, cyber resiliency, and cyber survivability. The team applies cybersecurity, systems engineering, and operational analysis techniques to understand complex architectures and the relationships among systems, missions, workflows, data, and stakeholders.\nPosition Summary:\nAs a member of the team, you will be responsible for:\nProviding technical support as a team member in the development of security architectures, particularly to support cybersecurity operations and cybersecurity systems.\nSupporting mission engineering, system of systems (SoS) architectures, systems requirements development, engineering, analysis, technology evaluation and deployment guidance.\nAdvancing the state of the art in cybersecurity and cybersecurity architectures.\nDeveloping and evaluating advanced analytical techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), behavioral analytics, and data-driven approaches for cyber operations.\nDocumenting current-state architectures, identifying capability and coverage gaps, evaluating technology integration strategies, recommending security solutions, and developing mission threads/workflows.\nSupporting organizations in planning, assessing, and implementing Zero Trust and cyber resilience strategies.\nEvaluating, piloting, and transitioning new technologies into operational environments.\nContribute to diverse teams composed of colleagues, customers, and subject matter experts to deliver projects.\nRequirements:\nBS degree with three (3) years or MS with one (1) year or equivalent combination of training and experience.\nWillingness to travel to various locations to support the SEI’s overall mission. This includes within the SEI and CMU community, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings on occasion. Moderate Travel (20%).\nYou will be subject to a background check and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of War security clearance.\nKnowledge, Skills and Abilities:\nAbility to present technical topics to audiences from senior leadership to technical experts.\nAbility to work with multiple stakeholders to promote practical solutions to tough security problems.\nStrong understanding of networking, security, systems administration, programming, and/or cloud.\nAbility to work at the SoS architecture level to identify and understand tradeoffs of various approaches.\nStrong research and writing skills.\nDesired Experience:\nDegree in Computer Science & Engineering or Systems Engineering with two (2) years of experience in cybersecurity/network operations, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), or workflow/process analysis; or equivalent combination of training and experience.\nExperience in one or more of the following areas:\nEnterprise/system-of-systems/system/security architecture\nSecurity operations\nSecurity research\nProgramming or software engineering\nNetworking\nTesting\nJob Function Breakdown:\n75% Support to government program offices in the areas of strategy; process/policies; requirements elicitation; design and architecture; operations; outreach; and training.\n15% Enable the transition and appropriate focus of situational awareness analysis and engineering approaches and tools into operational environments.\n10% Design, prototype, and transition tactical analysis studies and tools appropriate for operational use in situational awareness.\n100% total effort\nLocation\nArlington, VA, Pittsburgh, PAJob Function\nSoftware/Applications Development/EngineeringPosition Type\nStaff - RegularFull time/Part time\nFull timePay Basis\nSalaryMore Information:\nPlease visit “Why Carnegie Mellon ” to learn more about becoming part of an institution inspiring innovations that change the world.\n\nClick here to view a listing of employee benefits\n\nCarnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.\n\nStatement of Assurance","description_format":"text","description_chars":4494,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Information Security","Government"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T07:08:26Z"}],"liveness":{"score":58,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.583,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/cmu-associate-solutions-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/cmu-associate-solutions-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T05:14:36Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4944,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":56,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}