Applied Cybersecurity and Cross Domain Engineering
About the role
At MITRE, you can do meaningful work while maintaining a fulfilling life. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts. The Cyber Engineering Division applies threat-informed expertise in cyber security and information system engineering to enhance the security of the nation's cyber systems. The Cyber Resiliency and Cross-Domain Solutions Department focuses on Cross Domain Solutions (CDS), providing critical expertise to support MITRE sponsors across all of government.
Spend your days applying your diverse cyber security technical skills to a wide variety of complex and unique challenges that make a direct impact on our sponsors' missions. You will be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team tackling cyber security engineering challenges and delivering solutions. In this role, you will provide hands-on cyber security engineering analysis and system integration across areas such as firewalls, networks, and IDS/IPS.
The Enterprise Cross Domain Services (ECDS) work is on-site at NCE in Springfield, VA. The current focus includes monitoring, High Speed Guards, data diode usage, RtB compliance, AWS, and SME support. You will provide research, empirical information, and recommendations to the ECDS Program Management Office (PMO) regarding CDS governance, risk assessment, consolidation, and monitoring.
Responsibilities
- Support technical requirements outreach sessions with sponsor stakeholders to identify existing data sources, formats, and interfaces.
- Identify tools, frameworks, and methods to help integrate disparate structured and unstructured data sources across the sponsor’s work program.
- Engage with senior government staff, including the agency Chief Information Security Officer, on cross domain issues.
- Serve as a key member of the agency ECDS PMO.
- Represent the ECDS PMO in discussions with cross domain owners.
- Review cross domain solution designs and recommend approval, changes, etc.
Requirements
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Documented success working with cross domain solutions.
- 2 years of experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including DoD/IC Cross-Domain Systems and Requirements Processes.
- Understanding and experience in Mission Assurance and Supply Chain Risk Management.
- Basic understanding of the role of standards and how they are used to design and implement secure, resilient systems.
- Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, ICD-503, Raise the Bar, and other US Government CDS guidance.
- Superior customer engagement and communication skills to work seamlessly across MITRE, government, and contractor teams.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly capture salient issues and provide fact-based, actionable, and relevant technical solutions.
- Experience collaborating and coordinating with the Intelligence Community cross domain community.
- Must have an active Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph U.S. Government-issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
- This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in an applicable cyber security-related field.
- CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or other cyber certification.
- Prior professional experience in US Intelligence Risk Management.
- Hands-on knowledge of CDS architecture, file filtering, data streaming, XML, and JSON schemas.
- Working knowledge of Executive Order 14028, National Security Memo 8, Raise the Bar, and all related publications from the National Cross Domain Strategy Management Office (NCDSMO).
Pay
Salary compensation range and midpoint: $129,200 - $161,500 - $193,800 Annual
Schedule
Work Location Type: Onsite