AssistantAssociate Professor Career-Track Faculty Position in Cybersecurity
AssistantAssociate Professor Career-Track Faculty Position in Cybersecurity
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Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:
March 16 2025If a date is not listed above review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.
Available Title(s):
161NNFACULTY Scholarly Assistant Professor Career 162NNFACULTY Scholarly Associate Professor Career 396NNFACULTY New Teaching Track PreAcademic YearBusiness Title:
Assistant/Associate Professor (CareerTrack) Faculty Position in CybersecurityEmployee Type:
Faculty (Fixed Term)Position Term:
Position Details:
The Opportunity:
Washington State University (WSU) in Everett WA has started a new research and education program to meet burgeoning demand for computer scientists with expertise in cybersecurity. This initiative is supported by $2 million in Washington state funding. We invite applications for a 9month academic year fulltime careertrack teaching faculty in the broad area of cybersecurity at the assistant or associate professor level. The positions will be considered for a 2year fixed term appointment (with renewal contingent upon performance). Some specific cybersecurity areas (including but not limited to) are systems/application security privacypreserving computing applied cryptography formal methods for security security of machine learning systems machine learning for security hardware security IoT and cyberphysical systems security differential privacy and applied cryptography. The successful candidate will be expected to implement evidencebased pedagogy in undergraduate computer science education with focus on cybersecurity. The new faculty will have numerous collaboration opportunities with several large initiatives within the WSU system including (but not limited to) the WSUPNNL Advanced Grid Institute (AGI) DODfunded CySER Institute for cybersecurity and NSFUSDA AgAID AI Institute.
Required Qualifications for Scholarly Assistant Professor:
Masters in Computer Science or a related discipline by August 15 2025.
Demonstrate strong teaching communication and leadership skills and optionally bring realworld experience working on cybersecurity tools and systems and experience in developing cybersecurity related curriculum.
Preferred Qualifications for Scholarly Assistant Professor:
PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline by August 15 2025.
Required Qualifications for Scholarly Associate Professor:
Masters in Computer Science or a related discipline by August 15 2025 and at least 5 years of relevant teaching or industry experience. OR PhD in Computer Science or a related discipline by August 15 2025 and at least 3 years of relevant teaching experience.
Demonstrate strong teaching communication and leadership skills and optionally bring realworld experience working on cybersecurity tools and systems and experience in developing cybersecurity related curriculum.
Duties: The job duties of successful candidates at either rank includes primarily teaching undergraduate courses in cybersecurity and other relevant computer science and engineering courses; participating in the continuous teaching assessment activities of the relevant units and WSU campuses; effectively communicating and interacting with students; and collaborating with others within the unit the University or other organizations including regional partners such as the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
About WSU Everett Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture and the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Washington State University is one of the nations top 50 public research universities in computer science according to U.S. News and World Report. WSU is among 108 public and private universities in America recognized with the very high research activity categorization and among 240 universities and colleges nationwide to earn the community engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation.
Less than 40 minutes from Seattle Everett is a bustling business epicenter with a majestic natural backdrop. Snohomish Countys largest city is home to the secondlargest marina on the West Coast and Boeings jumbo jet assembly plant the largest building by volume in the world.
Additional Information:
Area/College: Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
Department Name: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
City State Zip: Everett WA 98201
Department Link: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
9 Month Academic Year Salary:
Scholarly Assistant Professor: $
Scholarly Associate Professor: $
Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical dental life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty please review the summary of benefits for WSU Faculty and Total Compensation
Overtime Eligibility: Not Overtime Eligible
FTE: 100
This is a temporary nontenure track position.
Temporary End Date: It is anticipated the successful candidate will begin their appointment no later than August 16 2025. This position is eligible for an early academic start of August 1 2025.The position will be considered for a 2year fixed term appointment.This is a temporary position expected to end on May 15 2027. Renewal is dependent on the need for extension and/or if additional funding is secured to extend employment.
Screening Begin Date: Application review begins March 1 2025.
Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34 engages in law enforcement requires security clearance interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity has access to personal identifying and/or financial information unsupervised access to university buildings/property or other businessrelated need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.
Application Instructions: All applicants must upload a cover letter and resume/cv to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications. Documents may be submitted in one file or separate files.Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF if possible.Applicants will be requested to provide contact information for professional references within the online application.
External candidates please upload all documents in the Resume/CV section of your application.
Internal candidates please upload all documents in the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application.
Required Documents:
Cover letter summarizing qualifications
Teaching statement
Diversity statement
CV
Time Type:
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities women special disabled veterans veterans of the Vietnamera recently separated veterans and other protected veteran persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.
WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized nonU.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services programs activities education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process contact Human Resource Services:(v) Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers:; TDD Callers:(f) or .
Notice of NonDiscrimination
WSU prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates compliant with Title IX. Inquiries regarding Title IX and reports of sex discrimination can be directed to the WSU Title IX Coordinator. More information on WSUs policies and procedures to respond to discrimination and harassment are available here: Nondiscrimination statement.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
