Expert Risk Mitigation Specialist

Prescient Edge; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Substantial retirement plan

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Prescient Edge is looking for an Expert Risk Mitigation Specialist in Tampa, FL, to support a Federal Government client. The role involves assessing and mitigating risks through data analysis and collaboration with intelligence teams. Candidates should have extensive experience in risk mitigation and possess a Master’s degree in a related field.

This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance and offers comprehensive benefits, emphasizing a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 20 years of experience in Risk Mitigation.
• 10 years of experience since 2015 within USSOCOM.
• Expertise in foreign ownership control mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Provide near real-time support to assess risks.
• Conduct comprehensive Risk Assessments.
• Create and deliver tailored security briefings.

Skills

Risk Mitigation

Analytic Leadership

Strategic Advice

Data Analysis

Report Generation

Education

Master's degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Job Title

Location

Tampa, FL 33621 US (Primary)

Category

Job Type

Full-Time

Staff

Education

Master's Degree

Travel

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking an Expert Risk Mitigation Specialist to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits

At PrescientEdge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best‑in‑class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on‑the‑job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description

• The Risk Mitigation Specialist provides near real‑time support to assess and mitigate risks and threats.
• This includes collecting and analyzing data sets to validate people, assets, utilities, infrastructure, and the information environment associated with JTF‑SREC priorities.
• RM Specialists assess global risks and threats, supporting CI analytics for SOF and HUMINT operations as well as military and commercial supply chain activities.
• Should perform tasks such as:
• Collaborate with CI Analysts to present new or anticipated threats and related probabilities of risks.
• Conduct comprehensive Risk Assessments for proposed intelligence operations, new technologies, or collaborative partnerships to identify potential security and counterintelligence threats.
• Analyze foreign intelligence entity (FIE) threats, tactics, and targeting patterns to inform defensive measures.
• Perform vulnerability analyses of internal processes, operational plans, and technical systems to identify potential weaknesses an adversary could exploit.
• Interview personnel involved in security incidents or anomalies to determine the root cause, scope, and potential damage of a compromise.
• Design and recommend specific countermeasures—procedural, technical, or operational—to reduce identified risks to an acceptable level.
• Create and deliver tailored security, counterintelligence, and OPSEC (Operations Security) briefings for personnel and teams based on their specific roles or mission sets.
• Collaborate with legal, policy, and technical experts to ensure proposed mitigation strategies are effective, compliant, and feasible.
• Conduct periodic inspections and reviews of ongoing activities to ensure that emplaced risk mitigation measures are being adhered to.
• Monitor and report on compliance with agency and IC‑wide security policies and directives.
• Track the remediation of identified vulnerabilities and policy deviations, ensuring that corrective actions are completed and effective.
• Review after‑action reports from security incidents to identify systemic issues and recommend improvements to agency‑wide policy and training.
• Serve as the primary security and risk advisor to leaders and managers of operational, technical, or analytic teams.
• Prepare and present formal risk assessments, findings, and recommendations to senior decision‑making bodies and oversight committees.
• Liaise with counterparts in other IC agencies to deconflict activities and share best practices and threat information.

Job Requirements

Desired experience

• Minimum 20 years of combined work‑related experience in the Risk Mitigation career field with minimum of 10 years since 2015 within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
• Demonstrates ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Demonstrates analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft and techniques.
• Demonstrates extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Defense planners and policymakers (e.g. General/Flag Officer level or higher).
• Demonstrates in‑depth knowledge and understanding of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) mitigation, including the performance of reviews, special analyses, and evaluations of business operations to develop and implement integrated mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrate in‑depth analysis of FOCI‑related operations, with the ability to coordinate multiple reports, generate concise executive summaries, and clearly articulate key findings to senior‑leader decision makers.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and with minimal oversight while performing oversight functions, collecting security data from legal business entities, and conducting outreach engagements.
• Demonstrates the ability to review analytic products and detailed correspondence for cogent arguments, adherence to tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests the analytic rigor of FOCI studies and evaluations.

Education

• Master’s degree in public policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or prior professional experience at the GS/GG‑15 or commensurate level.

Security clearance

• Active TS/SCI and with the ability to obtain a CI Poly if needed.

Location

• HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran‑Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full‑spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.