JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT- IT Security Assistant Manager, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) –1. Job Title: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer equivalent) , one position
2. Division and Location: IT Security Office, NAOJ, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
3. Area of Expertise: information and communication technology and/or related fields
4. Job Description:
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has the IT Security Office thatorchestrates efforts and services to protect the information assets owned by NAOJ.
We invite applications for the position of IT Security Assistant Manager at the NAOJ wholeads and manages the IT Security Office and as necessary reports about security incidents to bothof the Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) of the NAOJ and the National Institutes ofNatural Sciences (NINS). To open up new frontiers of astronomy, the successful candidate is
expected to undertake as the person in charge the design, development, and operations of cuttingedge services necessary to support various activities for astronomical and development research
including administrative works. The successful candidate will carry out the following tasks in an
integrated manner in cooperation with the NAOJ’s projects, Advanced Technology Center,Astronomy Data Center, Division of Science, and Administration Department.
a. Information Network Service
The candidate is expected to have the ability to undertake as the person in charge the design,development, and operations of the backbone network system for communication services andnetwork access within a reasonable cost in consideration of needs for research and other works
and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations. In particular, the candidate is expected tohave practical experience of utilizing wired LAN, wireless LAN, Ethernet, VxLAN, network
authentication, and Microsoft Azure, and also have familiarity with the future technologies such
as SRv6, Wi-Fi6, and Local 5G.
b. Application Service
The candidate is expected to have the ability to utilize and provide as the person in charge suchcomputing services as IP/SaaS. In particular, the candidate is expected to have practical experienceof utilizing public cloud services, on-premise cloud services, virtualization, virtual containersystem, and IP telephone exchange equipment and also provide these services as the person incharge.

c. Security Service
The candidate is expected to have the ability to establish and operate a network system, which isdesigned to prevent computer security incidents and contain damages in the case of an incident,
and to have skills to be part of the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) thatconducts audits and damage investigations. In particular, the candidate is expected to have theability to perform risk assessment and implement damage control measures by Unified Threat
Management (UTM) and network zoning/layering.
d. Communication Service
The candidate is expected to have the ability to design, develop, and operate a terabit-scalebroadband communication network system and internet access services. In particular, thecandidate is expected to have practical experience of utilizing advanced broadband communication
technologies such as 400G/100Gbps, DWDM, IP, MPLS, VxLAN, SRv6, and BPG.
e. International Collaboration
The candidate is expected to have the ability to collaborate with R&D networks in Japan andabroad, maintain broadband networks worldwide, and support NAOJ’s research activities. In
particular, the candidate is expected to have practical experience of collaborating with partners ofR&D networks such as Japanese Gigabit Network (JGN), Science Information NETwork (SINET)
and so on.

5. Terms of Appointment:
The successful candidate should be able to start as soon as possible after the job offer has been
accepted. The term of contract is up to the end of the Japanese academic year in which thefaculty reaches NAOJ's mandatory retirement age of 65. The probation period of six months
is included.
6. Minimum Educational Requirement: Ph.D. or equivalent
7. Required Application Materials: (*To be prepared in English. Any other language will not be
accepted)(1) A cover letter,(2) A curriculum vitae,(3) Publications list (Separate refereed and non-refereed papers. List patents too. SPIE andCOSPAR can be included in refereed papers.),(4) A summary of your past research activities including international collaborations,(5) Your commitment and plan to fulfill the duties,(6) Your address (e-mail and phone) for prompt contact and the email address of your current

supervisor or line manager,(7) Three or more reference letters. Note that your current supervisor or line manager cannot
be your reference. Please ask your references to upload the letters directly to an NAOJ job
application system shown in 9 before the deadline. Applicants are responsible for ensuring thatthe letters are submitted before the application deadline. (Reference letters should be sentfrom more than one country.)
8. Application Deadline: 2020-06-15, 17:00 (Japan Standard Time)
9. Submission:
Applicants are required to apply via the NAOJ job application system on the web:https://jobregister.nao.ac.jp/
Please fill out the form on the web and upload the documents specified on the application
form. If it takes time to prepare the documents, applicants should be issued applicant ID andreference IDs in advance. Reference letters should be uploaded by persons who have written
the letter for you directly, following the instruction shown on the application form. Reference
IDs and passwords are required to upload reference letters, so please inform references of theissued reference IDs and passwords.
The application documents should be converted to PDF (max 50MB each, 100MB in total, at
most 10 files).
If you have any question related to the job description, contact;
E-mail: JobRegister-contact-10_AT_nao.ac.jp (replace _AT_ with @)NAOJ vice-Director General, Professor Watanabe, Jun’ichi,CISO, NAOJ,
Subject of e-mail: “Question on JD of NAOJ IT Security Assistant Manager”
If you have any question related to the application system or other items, contact;
E-mail: JobRegister-contact-10_AT_nao.ac.jp (replace _AT_ with @)Subject of e-mail: “Question on NAOJ IT Security Assistant Manager”
10. Remarks:•The NAOJ Advisory Committee for Research and Management will make the final
decision for the appointment.

•Candidates selected in the final short list may be interviewed by the selection committee
either via internet or face-to-face. The expense for the interview will not be covered byNAOJ.

•NINS Employee Regulations (NINS, or the National Institutes of Natural Sciences, isan executive institute that manages NAOJ) shall be applied to this position.

•The successful candidate will be employed under the scheme of the annual salary systemof NAOJ and will be paid monthly in 12 equal payments. Retirement Allowance shall bepaid.

•Policy for Equal Employment Opportunity: Abiding by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Act for Men and Women, NAOJ is committed to the realization of a societywith gender equality. If two candidates are deemed equal in their performance evaluation,
NAOJ will take positive action to employ women. For details, see https://openinfo.nao.ac.jp/danjokyodo/• Information submitted in your application documents will not be used for any purpose

other than the selection process and for contacting you with necessary notices inconnection with the selection. Once the selection process is complete, we will securely
dispose of all application documents and personal information, except for those submitted
by the successful candidate.