TSSCI Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer

MITRE is a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest, leading federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies. The Cyber Threat Intelligence department is seeking a Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer to advance research and innovation in cyber intelligence, lead projects and tasks, and collaborate across MITRE to help shape work and capability in support of government and private sector sponsors.

Responsibilities

• Apply cyber intelligence expertise to help sponsors solve their hardest problems, ranging from enabling defensive cyber operations, securing weapons systems, assessing threats to critical infrastructure, and analyzing intelligence reporting to enable cyber effects.
• Help sponsors understand how cyber intelligence fits into their organization, whether as a core part of their mission or as an important function in their security organization.
• Guide sponsors in building and advancing cyber intelligence capabilities and programs.
• Review sponsor tools and recommend best practices, analytic methodologies, and opportunities to integrate AI.
• Propose and perform research and development to advance the state of the art in cyber intelligence.
• Use or contribute to MITRE ATT&CK® to help the global cybersecurity community understand threat behaviors.

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 who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated application of MITRE ATT&CK® within operational environments and other structured frameworks and analytic techniques (e.g., Diamond Model).
• Knowledge of adversary tradecraft and their utilization of cyber operations as a tool of military force and statecraft.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting technical analysis in written products and presentations.
• Active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph U.S. Government issued Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required per U.S. Government eligibility requirements for security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on technical expertise in any of the following areas: adversary emulation, defensive cyber operations, cyber analytics & malware analysis, cyber deception and adversary engagement, cyber effects and reverse engineering, and cyber forensics.

Clearance

This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph clearance. The hired candidate must have or obtain, within one year from date of hire, Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph clearance.

Pay

Salary compensation range: $129,200 – $161,500 – $193,800 annually.

Schedule

Onsite work location type; minimum of 4 days per week on-site required.