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Your salary will be determined by your qualifications, experience, and education. Salary range identified doesn’t apply if filled at the Associate level.

Come join a team of passionate individuals at a non-profit serving Michigan’s public universities, colleges, K-12 organizations, libraries, state government, healthcare and other Michigan non-profit organizations for over 53 years!

You will help develop the Michigan Cyber Range and its associated research and education projects. As a member of Merit’s team, you will help develop, plan, and execute cyber exercises and various other cyber training initiatives as part of the Michigan Cyber Range’s education and training mission.

You will also coordinate activities with other groups in and outside of Merit. You will conduct a variety of programming tasks including program design, program coding, debugging, and documentation for software/systems and applications programs. Your assignments will generally be of a challenging technical nature. You will report to the Director of Cyber Range Development.

To learn more about Merit Network, please visit our website: https://www.merit.edu/

Essential functions for this position are followed by an (E).

As the Cyber Security Software Developer, your key responsibilities include:

Approximately 80% of the Developer’s time & duties are needed to:

• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Create applications, tools, integrations, and educational content that enhance Merit’s cyber security service offerings as well as to increase operational efficiency within Merit. (E)
• Architect, orchestrate, and maintain virtual machine infrastructure for cyber security curriculum and services. (E)
• Provide creative content in the development of scenarios with storyline and attack/defense methods. (E)
• Assist in exercise development and execution: software development, user experience testing, and engagement during cyber range events. (E)
• Conduct a variety of complex programming tasks including program design, program coding, debugging and documentation for software/systems and application programs. (E)
• Build and network virtual machines in a laboratory environment. (E)
• Design, build, test and document various cyber centric and management applications and supporting back-end systems. (E)

Approximately 20% of the Developer’s time and duties are needed to:

• Participate in Cyber Range Red Team activities including conducting penetration tests to find vulnerabilities on customer assets including computer systems, networks, and applications with the goal being to evaluate and test detection and response capabilities.
• Participate in threat hunting by proactively searching, detecting, and isolating advanced threats that evade existing security solutions.
• Work in a purple team capacity by collaborating with customer Blue Teams, Red Teaming simulated attacks to evaluate their security posture, and recommending remediation strategies.
• Participate in emerging offensive security services and stay current on cutting edge security issues and Red Team tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Participate in research activities for various ongoing projects, including the development of novel ideas and techniques.
• Work with University faculty, other faculty, Merit management and staff to identify promising areas of cyber security technology and applications.
• Teach classes and conduct workshops, table top exercises, seminars, and lectures for Merit staff and others on emerging cyber security technologies, techniques and applications.
• Support Cyber Range users in using security services.

We are posting this position at the Intermediate level, but will consider filling it at the Associate level depending on the qualifications, experience, and education of the preferred candidates. (Your salary will be determined by your qualifications, experience, and education.)

We are committed to offering a high-quality benefits package to support staff and their families. Learn more about our 2:1 retirement matching, healthcare plans with nationwide coverage including prescription drug coverage, multiple dental plans, a vision plan, flexible spending account, well-being programs, long-term disability, automatic life insurance, general legal services, multiple early childhood centers, time away from work and work-life programs to promote balance. Learn more at http://careers.umich.edu/benefits/

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by you (with or without accommodations) to perform the essential functions of the job.

You must frequently work at a computer station, answer telephone calls, emails, and other forms of customer/client communication. You may on occasion move items of varying sizes and weights throughout the office or building.

Travel

Some travel is required.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan/Merit Network conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

• If you have any questions regarding this job, please visit our website: https://www.merit.edu/about/careers/
• If you need assistance completing this application, please call (734) 615-2000, option 1

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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