Research Engineer- Institute for Software Integrated Systems

The Research Engineer is part of the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University and is a key individual contributor responsible for assisting with the development and maintenance of discipline-specific software systems and/or engineering tools to support project and research goals.

This position assists with engineering and/or software design implementation analysis maintenance and experimentation as directed by the Principal Investigator. Reporting directly to the Principal Investigator the Research Engineer regularly collaborates with a team including but not limited to Research Engineers Research Scientists and System Architects to accomplish project-specific goals.

About the Work Unit:
The Institute for Software Integrated Systems conducts basic and applied research in the area of systems and information science and engineering. Applications of its technology span a wide range of software-intensive systems from small embedded devices through real-time distributed systems to globally deployed complex systems. Software is increasingly essential to the functions of these systems and it is also the primary means of adapting them to their environments and users. Our research interests lie in the theoretical foundations modeling design engineering and educational aspects of these systems.

Key Functions and Expected Performance:
Executes modeling and analysis of discipline-specific engineering problems.
Assist with cloud development deployment and integration of developed AI applications.
Constructs the development and maintenance of discipline-specific software systems and/or engineering tools to support project and research goals.
Executes engineering and/or software design implementation analysis maintenance or experimentation as directed by Principal Investigator and lead Engineers.
Delivers technical documentation for work products of project.
Research and maintain familiarity with and expertise in emerging technologies and techniques related to project and research goals.
Communicate regularly effectively and professionally with Principal Investigator System Architect and research team.
Ensures adherence to existing technical standards and recommend or develop new standards as applicable.
Provide data to assist in evaluation of project research direction and progress providing input on solutions as necessary.
Deliver technical progress reports/presentations in written and/or oral form to project research staff and faculty.
Share research knowledge product and processes with Principal Investigator System Architect and research team.

Supervisory Relationships:
This position does not have supervisory responsibility; this position reports administratively and functionally to the Principal Investigator.

Education and Certifications:
A Bachelors degree is necessary preferably in computer science or engineering.
Certification or 5 years of experience in the area of cyber security AND cyber vulnerability management is required.

Experience and Skills:
The successful candidate will have following skills:
Knowledge of medical devices and hospital information technology and cybersecurity is preferred.
Experience with vulnerability assessment and mitigation using information security tools and dashboards for data visualization and incident alert reporting is necessary.
Experience with Penetration testing and state-of-the-art security tools such as Metasploit Splunk is preferred.
Competency in computer networking networking equipment and network protocols.
Experience with designing and setting up custom cloud computing infrastructure is necessary. This experience could be using OpenStack (preferred) or commercial clouds such as AWS GCP or Azure.
Experience with machine learning technologies is preferred.
Established skills in software system development modeling and/or systems engineering is necessary.
Ability to design implement test document and maintain software is necessary.
Ability to quickly learn ISIS tools and technologies and becomes a productive project contributor is necessary.
Job responsibilities listed herein are intended to be a thorough representation of the duties responsibilities expectations and qualifications for this specific
role at the time of hire but should not be considered all-encompassing as actual responsibilities may evolve to include additional duties as assigned based on
organizational and operational needs.
Practical knowledge of software development tools programming languages (e.g. C/C Java Python Matlab C# among others) databases and web technologies as needed by project is necessary.
Experience with state-of-the-art software development environments (e.g. Eclipse) tools (e.g. git) and collaborative environments (e.g. GitHub) is necessary.