[Hiring] Critical Infrastructure Protection Staff - Cyber Resilient Capability Development Lead @Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Role Description

Do you have the enthusiasm and curiosity to seek, tackle, and create opportunities to solve the Nation’s hardest cyber and intelligence challenges? Are you passionate about ensuring the resilience of National Security Systems and critical infrastructure against the most advanced cyber threats? Do you thrive at conceptualizing strategies and working across partner organizations to implement those strategies to drive high impact results supporting the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and state and local government partners? If so, we’re looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

We are seeking a senior cyber leader to develop and execute cyber resilience strategies, mission concepts, and operational capabilities that strengthen National Security Systems and critical infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings experience in:

• Cyber operations
• Intelligence
• Technical program leadership
• Risk management
• Sponsor engagement
• Cross-organizational coordination across DoD, IC, DOE, and other government partners

You’ll join a mission-driven team of researchers, scientists, and engineers working to protect the Nation’s most critical infrastructure, including:

• SCADA systems in electric utilities
• PLC-controlled systems in manufacturing plants
• Automated HVAC/BAS in secure government buildings
• Defense industrial base assets

Together, we strive to foster innovation and achieve mission impact through the application of science and technology to real-world challenges. As a member of our team, you will help develop transformational capabilities and strategies focused on cyber resilience for National Security Systems and critical infrastructure.

As a Cyber Resilient Capability Development Lead, you will:

• Lead cyber resilience programs from concept through execution, including scope, schedule, resources, budget, risk, compliance, and reporting
• Collaborate with sponsors and mission partners to define objectives, success criteria, and capability roadmaps
• Integrate offensive and defensive cyber perspectives into mission planning, vulnerability analysis, and resilience solutions
• Lead cross-functional teams, produce and deliver senior-level executive briefings, and move capabilities from planning into operational use
• Perform system security gap analysis, assess commercial tools for government use, and develop concepts of operation (CONOPS) and planning products for senior leaders
• Support testing and evaluation efforts with technical teams in critical infrastructure environments
• Engage in red teaming exercises and adversary emulation
• Analyze requirements and architect systems

Qualifications

• Possess a Bachelor's in information technology, cybersecurity, cyber operations, or another field relevant to the duties as described above
• Have 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cyber operations, intelligence, or related national security missions
• Possess a strong background in network security, mission analysis, vulnerability assessments, system security gap analysis, and stakeholder engagement
• Have 10+ years of experience leading technical programs or mission teams supporting DoD, IC, DOE, or other government sponsors
• Possess excellent leadership, writing, briefing, and team development skills
• Can confidently represent technical concepts to sponsors and stakeholders, including knowledge of applicable government regulations, standards, and policies
• Are skilled in sponsor engagement
• Have proven ability to influence prospective partners, executives, and teams
• Have the ability to network and collaborate across organizations and with external partners
• Have experience leading cross-organization and cross-functional teams
• Are able to obtain a Top Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain TS/SCI+poly level clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship

Requirements

• Have experience in a national laboratory, Combatant Command, or joint cyber environment
• Possess offensive cyber operations leadership
• Have published research in cybersecurity or related fields
• Are interested or developing experience in ICS/SCADA and critical infrastructure resilience
• Have Active Top Secret or above clearance

Benefits

• Generous benefits, including a robust education assistance program
• Unparalleled retirement contributions
• Healthy work/life balance
• Comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development