Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience Analyst

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks an experienced cyber intelligence professional to advance national security objectives across ICS, OT, space, and cyber-physical domains. You will apply intelligence expertise, track adversary TTPs, and lead all-source research to produce actionable insights for senior leaders.

The role requires 8+ years in cyber/INT, with TS/SCI eligibility and on-site work 5 days a week. You will guide sponsors, perform risk and resilience assessments, and drive capability development

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience in cyber or signals intelligence, cybersecurity, and related fields with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or PhD with 3 years’ experience; or the equivalent combination of related education and work experience
• Experience with USCYBERCOM, subordinate JFHQ-Cs, intelligence agencies, authorities, and relationships.
• Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively mentor teams and collaborate with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders.
• Familiarity with SIGINT and all-source intelligence databases and analytic tools.
• Experience with capability development guidance, acceptance, and integration
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 5 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Apply Intelligence Expertise: Apply intelligence expertise to help our sponsors solve their hardest problems, ranging from supporting cyber acquisition decisions, assessing threats to weapons systems and critical infrastructure, and analyzing intelligence reporting to enable cyber effects. Guide sponsors in building and advancing cyber intelligence capabilities and programs.
• Threat Analysis: Track and analyze adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) relevant to industrial control systems (ICS), Operational Technology (OT), space system OT, and cyber-physical technologies.
• All-Source Research: Lead technical research using open-source, classified, and all-source information to advance the state of the art in cyber intelligence.
• Apply Adversary Thinking: Assess how threat actors could target critical infrastructure systems, exploit technologies, and cause operational impacts; identify intelligence gaps; prioritize analyses, COAs, and mitigations.
• Risk & Resilience Assessments: Lead and perform cyber threat modeling, mission impact analyses, and supply chain risk analyses for critical infrastructure and space systems.
• Intelligence and Data Fusion: Fuse intelligence, technical, and operational data into products that support mission assurance or risk-informed decision-making.
• Actionable Insights: Work closely with IT and OT engineers, infrastructure SMEs, and Mission SMEs to synthesize and translate complex all-source information into clear, decision-focused insights and recommendations (reports, white papers, strategic briefings, graphics) for senior leaders.

Skills

Threat analysis

All-source research

Intelligence fusion

Adversary thinking

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

SIGINT databases

Analytic tools

Open-source research methods

Job description

MITRE in McLean, VA seeks an experienced cyber intelligence professional to advance national security objectives across ICS, OT, space, and cyber-physical domains. You will apply intelligence expertise, track adversary TTPs, and lead all-source research to produce actionable insights for senior leaders.

The role requires 8+ years in cyber/INT, with TS/SCI eligibility and on-site work 5 days a week. You will guide sponsors, perform risk and resilience assessments, and drive capability development