Cyber Operations Lead – Onsite, TS/SCI Clearance

Mitre Corporation; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE Corporation in Colorado Springs seeks a Cyber Operations Lead to guide advanced offensive and defensive cyber capabilities and mission-focused analysis for U.S. government weapon systems, space systems, and critical infrastructure.

The role connects cyber operations with RF, EW, SATCOM, and other physical-layer systems. As a lead engineer within MITRE Technology and Engineering, you will translate sponsor questions into executable analysis, mentor staff, and deliver defensible

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (CS, cybersecurity, engineering, physics, etc.).
• Experience analyzing complex systems across mission domains (cyber-physical, weapon, space, RF, SATCOM, EW).
• Ability to translate sponsor questions into repeatable modeling and analysis workflows.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary sponsor efforts, serving as a lead engineer or team lead across cyber, EW, and mission-critical systems.
• Analyze emerging cyber threats and TTPs to assess implications for operations and resilience.
• Lead target-system analysis to characterize interfaces, dependencies, vulnerabilities, and exploitable pathways.
• Translate sponsor questions into repeatable workflows; define scenarios and measures of effectiveness.
• Lead mission-based risk assessments and prioritize mitigation, resilience, and recovery.
• Engage sponsors to shape actionable recommendations and reusable capabilities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Technical leadership

Written/Verbal communication

On-site work ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

C#

Simulink

STK

RF modeling tools

Job description

MITRE Corporation in Colorado Springs seeks a Cyber Operations Lead to guide advanced offensive and defensive cyber capabilities and mission-focused analysis for U.S. government weapon systems, space systems, and critical infrastructure.

The role connects cyber operations with RF, EW, SATCOM, and other physical-layer systems. As a lead engineer within MITRE Technology and Engineering, you will translate sponsor questions into executable analysis, mentor staff, and deliver defensible