About the School of Information Technology

The School of Information Technology (SoIT) is a national leader in studying solutions and needs that connect people, information, and the technology of the time. The SoIT is home to Ohio's first Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Information Technology. In addition, it is home to Ohio's first ABET accredited Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity. The SoIT has been growing at 20% annually and currently serves more than 2,300 students with 32 full-time faculty members, 30 full-time staff, and 39 adjunct faculty. The SoIT is home to several centers including an NSA/DHS Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, the Information Technology Solutions Center, the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, Applied Machine Learning and Intelligence Center, and the Civic Technologies Lab, and the newly formed Information Technology Analytics Center.

The SoIT is an interdisciplinary, team-oriented, dynamic, and entrepreneurial environment. It empowers individuals to become passionate, solution-minded Information Technology professionals by fostering continuous innovation, research, leadership development, interdisciplinary problem solving, and real-world experience. More information about the school can be found at http://cech.uc.edu/it.

About the Ohio Cyber Range Institute

The Ohio Cyber Range Institute (OCRI), housed at the University of Cincinnati, is a partnership among state agencies and academic institutions led by UC, the Ohio Adjutant General and Cyber Ohio. OCRI’s mission is to advance cybersecurity education, workforce, and economic development. OCRI administers the Ohio Cyber Range as a state-wide tool that supports programming for K-20 courses and events; full-spectrum training opportunities, including incident response teams; industry workforce and economic development; cyber security research; as well as government agency support among other programs.

Job Overview

The School of Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati seeks to hire an Assistant Director of Cyber Exercises for the Ohio Cyber Range Institute to support the Ohio Persistent Cyber Improvement for Local Government Project (O-PCI), funded by the State of Ohio through a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency State and Local Cyber Improvement Grant. We are looking for a mission driven, team oriented, extremely ambitious individual who wants to serve, make a difference, and strives to perform at competitive levels of excellence. This is a grant-funded position; the continuation of this position will be based on the availability of funds and the continuation of the grant.

Under general supervision from the OCRI Associate Director, the OCRI Assistant Director of Cyber Exercises will serve as the subject matter expert for cyber exercises including capture the flags, tabletop exercises, and red vs blue full-scale exercises. The position will enhance and support the University’s research and programming activities within the cyber realm. The position will support the divergent functions of the OCRI including academic, communication, reporting, and other strategies as developed by the executive staff team.

Essential Functions

• Lead the creation of cybersecurity training and validation exercises.
• Conduct cybersecurity exercises for the training audiences both onsite and virtually.
• Manage a team of staff and students focused on cyber exercise development and dissemination.
• Support research activities related to cybersecurity exercises.
• Engage in external networking to identify new opportunities, establish partnerships and successful internal collaborations; Plan and execute cyber-related activities that influence growth impact to society and the economy in Ohio and the region.
• Develop and execute a successful business plan to grow the impact of the University of Cincinnati’s cyber-related research; Manage external communications in cyber-related research; Establish and achieve quarterly and annual cyber-related targets.
• Represent the University at local, state and national meetings as appropriate.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in business, leadership, engineering, computer science or information systems/technology or related field.

Required Experience

• Seven (7) years in an academic, government, or private sector leadership and/or administrative position.
• Minimum one (1) year supervision.

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Military experience
• Government experience
• Academic experience
• An IASAE Level I DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification
• Master’s degree in IT or related field

Physical Requirements/Work Environment