OT Security Research Lab Manager Here’s the right opportunity for You! We are looking for a Cybersecurity Expert to join our living lab “Cybersecurity Analytics” and research team in Princeton, NJ! In this role, you will manage our Living Lab and focus on maintaining and improving its capability as a research lab and cyber test range, work with researchers to build demonstrators to showcase research results, present the lab to internal and external customers, and pursue and establish research projects with Siemens Business Units, Academia, and external entities based on the capabilities of our Living Lab. This is a technical coordination / management role without line management responsibilities (no direct reports), including business development and relationship management components. The Living Lab features several focus topics: Cyber Defense – the lab features cyber defense capabilities that our research team develops to monitor industrial assets and networks, detect cyber attacks, and orchestrate and support incident response. Security Testing – the lab acts as a cyber test range, developing, improving, and showcasing new technology and tools to improve effectiveness and efficiency of security testing in industrial environments, as well as exposing Siemens products, solutions, and services to a comprehensive testing regime to ensure vulnerabilities are found and mitigated before products hit the field. Security Architecture – the lab supports the development and improvement of security features for products, solutions, and services by providing the opportunity to quickly assemble and modify specific industrial environments to test security architecture design features, e.g., in the area of automation, digital twin, Zero Trust, etc. The right person will have a strong background in Cybersecurity, ideally Cyber Defense and Security Testing, and excellent overview about existing tools and technology to support security monitoring (especially SIEM tools), as well as a solid understanding of operations technology (OT), ideally in the energy or industrial control space. The Challenge In this role, you will: Develop, drive, and maintain a continuous development plan for our Living Lab, i.e., drive design and implementation of new features, new capabilities, and new showcases in the Living Lab, assisted by researchers, system administrators, and software developers. This plan will align with other global cybersecurity research labs within Siemens Technology. Develop and maintain a marketing and promotion plan to optimize messaging and presentation of the Lab to help visitors (technical and non-technical) and collaboration partners to understand and explore the value and collaboration potential, as well as value of shown research results. Via these activities, you will support and drive the transfer of research results into industrial products at Siemens. Explore, establish, and supervise collaborative research projects based on the lab’s capabilities with Siemens Business Units, academia, and other outside entities. Support the development of proposals for government funded research projects based on or supported by the Living Lab. Ensure and support the ability of the lab to create environments that comply to a variety of industry-specific cybersecurity standards and regulations, up to and including ability to handle CUI data in government funded research projects. Support business development for the team by exploring customer demand, business opportunities, and collaboration potential with and for Siemens Business Units for research projects that support revenue growth or product development for Siemens, as well as joint research projects with external entities (e.g., for government funded research projects). Support research and consulting projects in the areas of cyber defense, monitoring and attack detection, and security testing. Publish and present novel ideas and techniques at selected journals and conferences. The Candidate Qualified candidates will have: M.Sc. in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree / academic experience (required) Excellent up-to-date technical and hands-on knowledge in current attack methods and in mitigating cybersecurity risk in the industrial domain (required) 3+ years of work, project, or research experience in attack detection, SOC engineering, SIEM technology, breach & attack simulation, penetration testing, or industrial cybersecurity (required) Technical / hands-on experience required in multiple of the following (or equivalent) software tools: ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Splunk, Logstash, network and host IDS systems, bro/zeek, MISP (or other cyber threat intelligence integration platforms), Burp Suite, Metasploit, manual exploitation Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking (industrial protocols preferred), packet capturing and network protocol analysis and proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, bash, etc), Linux, and containerized applications (required) Experience in business development and technical marketing Excellent communication and technical leadership skills required; need to be able to explain sophisticated ideas and methods on multiple technical levels Research project experience in cybersecurity, preferably cyber defense preferred Experience with scientific proposal writing a plus Certifications such as GIAC GRID, GIAC GICSP, GIAC GCIP, CISSP a plus but not required Willingness to travel, up to 20% (domestic/international) This position is in Princeton, NJ, USA. As it requires frequent physical presence on site, it is not offered as a pure remote position. Page Break What do we offer? Our team is part of Siemens Technology (T), which is Siemens’ central Research & Development department. The team is composed of consultants, innovators, engineers, and researchers that unite a passion about cybersecurity and securing our customers’ assets and networks - in domains such as control systems used in energy utilities that are part of the nation’s critical infrastructure, smart factories, building automation systems, intelligent transportation systems, healthcare, and innovative new products and solutions developed by Siemens. Our close contact to all our business units in Siemens provides the opportunity to contribute to and gain experience in real industrial applications. Our research team is located in beautiful Princeton, NJ, a university town packed with exceptional international talent that provides a unique feel of this true cultural gem in the state. The town has plenty of activities to offer, but for those looking for more, at just about 1h drive we have NYC or Philadelphia. We have the best public schools in the country and all of the above glued together by a very active and welcoming community. We also offer generous remote working options and flexible workdays, unlimited PTO, as well as robust health and wellness benefits to promote healthy living and support the best lifestyle for you and your family. As Siemens’ central Research & Development department, we embrace this community. Our core mission is to support our Siemens business units as a central knowledge hub for all cybersecurity capabilities globally. We research and develop new and innovative solutions, based on much-needed deep technical expertise, and our network with internal and external experts and academia. This allows us to invent new solutions and approaches, and verify their feasibility in the “real world” together with the product development teams of our business units – creating a stimulating setup for quick innovation cycles and rapid prototyping. The role of OT Security Research Lab Manager within Siemens offers you the opportunity to support the transition of research results into industrial products, and to break & fix industrial assets to ensure security. We are not focused on executing test after test – our role is to understand customer and business unit pain points and problems, and devise innovative solutions to improve effectiveness, efficiency, coverage, and reduce risk of testing in industrial environments. Being researchers, our employees are encouraged to be active members of the national and global cybersecurity community, which includes visiting relevant conferences, publishing results, and engaging with academia, national labs, and other partners in joint research projects. We support employees’ growth with a continuous paid training plan, and enable career growth within our team, as well as into the larger Siemens company. Join Us We are more than employees; we are actively helping to make people’s lives a little better every day. Would you like to be a part of that? Then join us. We offer you a high level of practical relevance as well as an opportunity to individually contribute your knowledge and your visions around the world. Whether you’re helping to develop products for the operating units or working in interdisciplinary projects for the business areas: At Siemens Technology you’ll be working in the heart of Siemens’ technological research together with the best. 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To learn more, click here. Organization: Technology Company: Siemens Corporation Experience Level: Mid-level Professional Job Type: Full-time Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Siemens is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law. EEO is the Law Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. To learn more, Click here. 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