Cyber Resiliency Strategist/Engineer/Architect for Space Domain Enterprise

About the role

At MITRE, you can tackle our nation's toughest challenges while enjoying a fulfilling work-life balance. As a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, MITRE operates R&D centers for the government, creating lasting impact in fields such as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. Our workplace reflects our values with competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation.

The Cyber Resilience and Cross Domain Engineering department integrates resilience engineering principles across complex systems to enable sponsors to sustain mission effectiveness despite cyber-attacks, operational disruption, and evolving threats. This role focuses on improving U.S. Space Force (USSF) cyber resilient enterprise and Defensive Cyber Warfare (DCW) capabilities to achieve space superiority, battlespace awareness, and mission assurance.

Responsibilities

• Work with U.S. Government space sponsors to apply cybersecurity and resiliency technologies to maximize security.
• Provide a technical framework for identifying seams across identity, engineering, suppliers, cloud services, shared data, AI workflows, remote sites, infrastructure, and recovery dependencies.
• Research emerging cybersecurity capabilities for evaluation and inclusion in sponsors' current and future security architectures.
• Define requirements for operational systems to ensure cyber resiliency from day one.
• Provide direct technical leadership, support, and oversight for deploying operational solutions that enhance cybersecurity and resiliency for sponsors' critical systems.
• Lead teams to develop and demonstrate prototypes for key cybersecurity solutions, including zero-trust security models, automated response tools, and active defense.
• Work with government sponsors to identify and define critical cyber resiliency and cybersecurity challenges and mitigations.
• Develop data-driven technical products to outline recommended solutions clearly and concisely.
• Stay motivated to expand knowledge and explore new opportunities while staying abreast of current and emerging cyber threats and mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 8 years with a master’s degree; or 5 years with a PhD; or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Experience using cybersecurity frameworks or standards (e.g., NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-82, NIST 800-160 v2, ISA/IEC 62443, DoD RMF, FISMA) in risk assessment, space systems engineering, threat-driven acquisitions, or operations.
• Ability to propose innovative concepts and solutions and lead teams to implement them.
• Ability to influence sponsor decisions, lead discussions, collaborate across teams, and brief technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government-issued security clearance. Per U.S. Government requirements, you must be a U.S. citizen.
• This position requires on-site work at MITRE or government locations 3-4 days a week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying threat-driven cyber resilient solutions for space systems.
• Knowledge and experience with MITRE’s Applied Cyber Resiliency Engineering (ACRE), MITRE ATT&CK for space systems, Aerospace’s SPARTA, and JHU/APL’s HAT TRICK frameworks.
• Knowledge of space systems security, cyber engineering, and cyber space reference architectures unique to that domain.
• Familiarity with Modular Open System Approaches (MOSA) for Space Systems.
• Familiarity with Defensive Cyber Warfare (DCW) concepts, mission threads, and applied AI technologies for space.
• Knowledge and experience developing cyber resilient performance requirements and metrics for space systems.
• Working knowledge of applying Zero Trust concepts and capabilities to space systems.
• Experience working directly with space system owners, operators, and engineers.
• History of building trusted relationships with demanding customers or leaders.
• Experience delivering high-quality, valued products to sponsors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, judgment, discretion, and tact.
• Experience leading high-performance teams across varied organizations and domains.

Pay

Salary compensation range: $172,800 - $216,000 - $259,200 annual.

Schedule

This position has an on-site requirement of 3-4 days a week at MITRE or government locations.