Cybersecurity Researcher
Position Title: Cybersecurity Researcher
Department: Research and Economic Development
Supervisor: Tyler Flaagan
Supervisor Email: Tyler.flaagan@dsu.edu
Office Location: East Hall 208
Office Phone Number: 605-256-5838
Position Summary:
Students will be responsible for designing, building, and testing cybersecurity challenges for educational and competitive environments. Students in this role will apply technical knowledge, problem-solving skills, and creativity to create engaging and realistic tasks that strengthen participants’ cybersecurity skills.
Main Job Duties:
Develop CTF challenges across a variety of domains
Test CTF challenges
Write clear documentation
Integrate challenges into competition platform
REQUIREMENTS:
Strong technical knowledge across cybersecurity domains
Problem solving
Attention to detail
Troubleshooting
Major/Coursework Required:
Cyber Operations
Network and Security Administration
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Cyber Defense