Cybersecurity Engineer (Center for Securing the Homeland)

Company: The MITRE Corporation
Location: West Mclean
Posted on: November 15, 2024

Job Description:

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Department Summary:

The National Cybersecurity Division of the National Cybersecurity FFRDC (NCF) is part of the Center for Securing the Homeland (CSH). The NCF is focused on the development and implementation of best practices and technological advancements for current and emerging technology areas related to cybersecurity. The Advancing Technologies Department is focused on emerging technology areas and the cybersecurity opportunities and risks associated with them. This department also focuses on how these technologies can mature and how they can be integrated to provide enhanced capabilities.

Roles and Responsibilities:

This engineering role will shape MITRE's work across the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Capacity Building (CCB) capabilities and initiatives. The selected candidate will work closely with our sponsor to shape and define work across different cybersecurity workstreams, such as Hardware/Software asset management, cloud security, Zero Trust, Identity and Access Management, Security Log Management, Threat Emulation, Security Incident Detection and Analysis. Specific responsibilities will include:

Support for one or multiple workstreams to evaluate technologies, understanding product functionality, capabilities, and limitations
Research on product capabilities and develop a technical report based on the research results and analysis
Hands-on coding, debugging, implementation, and integration of different products in a lab environment
Creating deliverables relating to proof-of-concepts, prototypes, technical analysis, product evaluation and integration testing activities using agile workflow process
Development of cybersecurity functions and services in on-premises and cloud environments
Sponsor engagement to establish and understand mission requirements and shape work to achieve those goals.
Strategic Leadership. Collaborate with MITRE Labs and other MITRE teams to support the implementation of the CISA CB mission objectives.
Domain / Technical competence. Demonstrate familiarity and skill in one or more of the following areas: System Engineering, Architecture, Applied Cybersecurity, Cyber Analytics, Cyber Architecture and Resilience, Cyber Threat Intelligence
Interpersonal Skills. Work with a team of engineers and sponsors to identify operational and cybersecurity engineering challenges, potential solutions, and communicate challenges and impacts clearly and effectively.
Collaboration. Engage and collaborate with engineers, subject matter experts, and sponsor stakeholders. May have to leverage a pipeline of MITRE technical expertise.
Senior Sponsor Experience. Comfortably and respectfully engage with sponsor leadership and MITRE managers.
Flexibility. Be able to work with a team to modify and alter course as the environment and sponsor priorities shift.

Basic Qualifications:

Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 3 years of a master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Experience implementing and managing cybersecurity tools and services in a multi-cloud lab environment
Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to translate technical lab work into impactful outcomes
Experience working within an agile framework, where rapid delivery of work products is expected
Experience with adversary emulation and deep understanding of adversarial behaviors and techniques
Security Operations Center (SOC) expertise desired
Experience analyzing telemetry from cybersecurity tools and aligning it with mission objectives and requirements
Ability to be flexible and be a self-starter by performing independent work with minimal oversight
Ability to obtain DHS-Fitness U.S. government clearance
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Fitness - DHS

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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