Senior Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity Engineer

About the role

The CI Assessments, Analytics, and Resiliency department (L541) is focused on defending and strengthening our nation’s critical infrastructure. L541 supports a full range of defensive operations and activities including threat-informed risk assessment and mitigation, adversary hunting, adversary emulation, and detection engineering with a special focus on operational technology (OT).

Responsibilities

• We are seeking a senior or lead level OT/ICS cybersecurity technical expert with a minimum of 5 years of industry experience or equivalent.
• This team works closely with our government and critical infrastructure sponsors and their stakeholders to improve the cybersecurity of mission critical operational technology systems.
• A collaborative approach and interest in building relationships based on an understanding of our sponsors’ unique missions, constraints, and opportunities is as important as specific technical skills working within OT environments.
• We are looking for candidates with both a breadth of cyber experience and a depth of knowledge in one or more areas listed below for direct application to our sponsors’ problems:
• Working directly with government and critical infrastructure operators to develop requirements for new cyber protection technologies, perform applied research and development activities, develop operational pilots, and assist in transition to operational use.
• Developing and operationalizing cyber sensors and analytic architectures to enable more efficient and effective OT cybersecurity operations, threat-hunting, and forensic analysis.
• Execute technical and programmatic duties in the delivery and integration of cyber technologies into stakeholder environments.
• Conducting cyber mission dependency, criticality, mission failure, and adversary cyberattack scenario analyses to inform design of OT resilient architectures.
• Researching, developing, operationalizing, evaluating, and improving OT defensive tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for detecting and responding to cyber threats,
• Executing attack emulation and deception operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or similar technical field. 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 who can contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience in multiple areas listed under Job Responsibilities.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance.
• Preference will be given to qualified candidates with ACTIVE Security Clearances.

Benefits

MITRE offers competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership.