Assistant/Associate Professor (Career-Track) Faculty Position in Cybersecurity

Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:

March 16, 2025

If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

Available Title(s):

161-NN_FACULTY - Scholarly Assistant Professor - Career, 162-NN_FACULTY - Scholarly Associate Professor - Career, 396-NN_FACULTY - New Teaching Track - Pre-Academic Year

Business Title:

Assistant/Associate Professor (Career-Track) Faculty Position in Cybersecurity

Employee Type:

Faculty (+) (Fixed Term)

Position Term:

9 Month

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 9-month academic year, full-time career-track teaching faculty in the broad area of cybersecurity at the assistant or associate professor level.  The positions will be considered for a 2-year fixed term appointment (with renewal contingent upon performance). Some specific cybersecurity areas (including but not limited to) are systems/application security, privacy-preserving computing, applied cryptography, formal methods for security, security of machine learning systems, machine learning for security, hardware security, IoT and cyber-physical systems security, differential privacy, and applied cryptography. The successful candidate will be expected to implement evidence-based 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 WSU-PNNL Advanced Grid Institute (AGI), DOD-funded CySER Institute for cybersecurity, and NSF-USDA AgAID AI Institute.

Required Qualifications for Scholarly Assistant Professor:

• Master’s in Computer Science or a related discipline by August 15, 2025.

• Demonstrate strong teaching, communication, and leadership skills, and optionally bring real-world 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:

• Master’s 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 real-world 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 nation’s 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.

The new faculty will join faculty members in the School of EECS which has experienced rapid growth over the past few years. EECS expects continued increase in enrollments and anticipates multiple faculty hires over the next few years. The current faculty composition in the School of EECS includes a member of the National Academy of Engineering and ten fellows of national professional organizations as well as fourteen CAREER and Young Investigator award recipients. Our graduate students have recently won multiple prestigious awards including Microsoft Research fellowship, IBM Research fellowship, and NSF Computing Innovation fellowship.

Washington State University Everett is a student- and community-centered campus, located in the seventh-largest city in Washington State. The Everett campus provides the unique opportunity to align world-class WSU academics directly with industry partners whose headquarters are next door in the Puget Sound area, including Boeing, Microsoft, Naval Station Everett, and more. WSU Everett is well-equipped with server hardware, advanced networking capabilities, sufficient storage capacity, and a dedicated subnet for cybersecurity related activities. WSU Everett offers top-tier higher education to serve the local community, bringing the Coug experience to the west of the Cascades.

Less than 40 minutes from Seattle, Everett is a bustling business epicenter with a majestic natural backdrop. Snohomish County’s largest city is home to the second-largest marina on the West Coast and Boeing’s 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: $95,000 - 105,000

Scholarly Associate Professor: $110,000 - 125,000

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

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 non-tenure 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 2-year 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 business-related 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:

Full time

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