Risk Mitigation Specialist - Expert

This position is pending a contract award. It requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph. A government contract restricts this position to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents; documentation is required.

About the Role

Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking a Risk Mitigation Specialist to support USSOCOM. The Risk Mitigation Specialist provides near real-time support to assess and mitigate risks and threats.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze data sets to validate people, assets, utilities, infrastructure, and the information environment associated with client priorities.
• Assess global risks and threats, supporting CI analytics for SOF and HUMINT operations as well as military and commercial supply chain activities.
• Collaborate with CI Analysts to present new or anticipated threats and related probabilities of risks.
• Conduct comprehensive Risk Assessments for proposed intelligence operations, new technologies, or collaborative partnerships to identify potential security and counterintelligence threats.
• Analyze foreign intelligence entity (FIE) threats, tactics, and targeting patterns to inform defensive measures.
• Perform vulnerability analyses of internal processes, operational plans, and technical systems to identify potential weaknesses an adversary could exploit.
• Interview personnel involved in security incidents or anomalies to determine the root cause, scope, and potential damage of a compromise.
• Design and recommend specific countermeasures—procedural, technical, or operational—to reduce identified risks to an acceptable level.
• Create and deliver tailored security, counterintelligence, and OPSEC (Operations Security) briefings for personnel and teams based on their specific roles or mission sets.
• Collaborate with legal, policy, and technical experts to ensure proposed mitigation strategies are effective, compliant, and feasible.
• Conduct periodic inspections and reviews of ongoing activities to ensure that emplaced risk mitigation measures are being adhered to.
• Monitor and report on compliance with agency and IC-wide security policies and directives.
• Track the remediation of identified vulnerabilities and policy deviations, ensuring that corrective actions are completed and effective.
• Review after-action reports from security incidents to identify systemic issues and recommend improvements to agency-wide policy and training.
• Serve as the primary security and risk advisor to leaders and managers of operational, technical, or analytic teams.
• Prepare and present formal risk assessments, findings, and recommendations to senior decision-making bodies and oversight committees.
• Liaise with counterparts in other IC agencies to deconflict activities and share best practices and threat information.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or prior professional experience at the GS/GG-15 or commensurate level.
• Minimum 20 years of combined work-related experience in the Risk Mitigation career field with a minimum of 10 years since 2015 within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
• Demonstrates ability to define problems, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Demonstrates analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques.
• Demonstrates extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance, and expertise to Defense planners and policymakers (e.g., General/Flag Officer level or higher).
• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) mitigation, including performance of reviews, special analyses, and evaluations of business operations to develop and implement integrated mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrates in-depth analysis of FOCI-related operations, with the ability to coordinate multiple reports, generate concise executive summaries, and clearly articulate key findings to senior-leader decision makers.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and with minimal oversight while performing oversight functions, collecting security data from legal business entities, and conducting outreach engagements.
• Demonstrates the ability to review analytic products and detailed correspondence for cogent arguments, adherence to tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests the analytic rigor of FOCI studies and evaluations.

Benefits

• Full-time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401K.
• Other possible benefits as provided.

Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

About the Company

Cherokee Strategic Edge (CSE) is part of Cherokee Federal – the division of tribally owned federal contracting companies owned by Cherokee Nation Businesses. As a trusted partner for more than 60 federal clients, Cherokee Federal LLCs focus on building a brighter future, solving complex challenges, and serving the government’s mission with compassion and heart.