National Institute of Standards and Technology · Gaithersburg, Maryland, Maryland
Compensation
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You monitor alerts in a Security Operations Center. When something looks suspicious, you investigate.
NIST is seeking a Research Security Analyst with expertise in critical and emerging technologies to provide strategic guidance, technical reviews, and operational oversight to safeguard the agency's scientific integrity and research compliance. This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.
Most people finish in 10–18 weeks from zero.
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