Senior Research Scientist (PREP00004703)

Position Overview Professional Research Associate – Large Scale Network Measurement and Modeling (NIST PREP Program). Salary: $115,500 per year. Location: Gaithersburg, MD. U.S. citizenship is preferred. Key Responsibilities Develop measurement, data acquisition, and analysis systems to characterize the completeness and correctness of early deployments of new security and resilience technologies for the Internet’s global routing system. Develop custom modeling and analytics to characterize the scalability and efficacy of emerging standards to mitigate hijacks, route leaks and source address spoofing in the Internet’s Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Develop large‑scale simulations/emulations of early designs of routing security and resilience mechanisms for non‑terrestrial networks (NTNs). Author high‑quality research reports, standards contributions, and presentations to industry and government collaborators. Ensure that analysis reports, software, and documentation developed are publicly disseminated through proper NIST processes. Qualifications PhD in data science, computer science, or a closely related field. At least 3 years of experience in the design and development of measurement, modeling, and analysis systems for global Internet technologies. At least 3 years of experience with modern data engineering technologies for continuous acquisition, storage, and analysis of large‑scale data sets. At least 3 years of experience in the development of analysis and visualization tools for large‑scale data sets. Strong oral and written communication skills. U.S. citizenship is preferred. Experience authoring research publications, presentations, and standards contributions documenting results of large‑scale network measurement, modeling, and analysis research. Employment Terms This opportunity is for an associate researcher in the NIST Wireless Networks Division. Associate researchers are not federal employees, though they work closely with NIST researchers. Funds to support relocation are not available. Salary is commensurate with experience and will not exceed $115,500 per year. Equal Opportunity Employer The National Institute of Standards and Technology is an equal opportunity employer. The agency does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr The American Ceramic Society