Senior Cybersecurity Systems Engineer

About the role

MITRE’s Systems Security Engineering Department has a new opportunity for a strong technical candidate with systems security expertise to join an innovative team of engineers focused on ensuring resilient and secure solutions for sponsor/customer needs and developing security capabilities for a safer world.

For this position, you will leverage your academic foundation and work experiences to develop, hone, and apply your knowledge of the latest systems security and cybersecurity engineering concepts to ensure resilient and secure solutions. You will also have opportunities to merge your work and interests with advancements from research, industry, academia, and standards groups to develop novel security capabilities. The right candidate will enjoy a fast-paced team environment, working with cutting-edge technology, and contributing to advancing security concepts.

We are seeking a self-starter who assists in applying cyber test principles to build security into large engineering projects and acquisition efforts. The candidate will work on a wide variety of challenging problems including systems resiliency, cyber test, security, and cybersecurity activities in direct support of programs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a core member of the technical team and systems security/cybersecurity subject matter expert (SME) to stakeholders and collaborators.
• Act as primary, trusted independent advisor to DoD sponsors on the security design of national security systems, requiring direct in-person contributions in Bedford, MA.
• Advise sponsors in developing and acquiring trustworthy secure cyber-physical systems, with an emphasis on embedded cryptographic solutions and the DoD Cybersecurity Program.
• Apply understanding of Systems Security Engineering with a focus on cryptography, key management, and protected communications systems.
• Provide recommendations on ensuring systems are specified, designed, developed, implemented, integrated, tested, and sustained to meet security, resiliency, and safety requirements.
• Assist in development of systems security and cybersecurity strategy, system testing and evaluation, and verification and validation efforts.
• Develop engineering trade analyses for cost, performance, and scalability for systems security capabilities.
• Provide technical analysis to program managers for Critical Design Reviews, Program Management Reviews, Independent Technical Review Teams, and engineering document reviews.
• Collaborate effectively with MITRE, government, and contractors; communicate in writing, presentations, and collaborative discussions; interface with peers, managers, and government sponsors.
• Promote collaboration and integration with other organizational elements within the System Security Engineering department and across MITRE.
• Research and develop unique, cutting-edge technical capabilities and processes for understanding, assessing, and analyzing system and technology resilience and security.
• Develop system security engineering attributes within complex model-based system engineering products in direct support of programs.
• Contribute to projects or small teams to solve complex cybersecurity problems for sponsors.
• Contribute to the innovation of new AI use cases applied to cyber operational challenges.
• Keep pace with the rapidly advancing lifecycle of emerging technologies to maintain cutting-edge support of sponsor programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering, Systems Security Engineering, Cloud Architecture/Engineering, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated technical depth in Systems Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or Systems Engineering.
• Experience developing or evaluating Systems Security Engineering solutions and capabilities.
• Ability to think critically and be proactive in pursuing research and problem-solving with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of security technologies: e.g., cryptography, cross-domain solutions, IDS/IPS, network analysis, endpoint protection.
• Strong technical writing and oral presentation skills.
• This position requires a Top-Secret/SCI Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship is required per U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements for a clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of experience in engineering DoD systems.
• SATCOM and/or Space operations experience.
• Crypto systems development, evaluation, and certification experience (e.g., UIC, SSR, IASRD, SERD).
• Cyber-defense operational or engineering experience, especially within the DoD.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Recognized expertise in DoD system platforms, mission applications, and modeling & simulation.
• Top Secret clearance.
• Experience/familiarity with Digital Engineering, model-based engineering tools, and methods.

Pay

Salary compensation range: $121,200 - $151,500 - $181,800 annually.

Schedule

This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site in Bedford, MA.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of a Secret clearance. The hired candidate must obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance within one year from the date of hire.