Mid Risk Mitigation Specialist

Prescient Edge; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Mid-level Risk Mitigation Specialist to support a Federal Government client at HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL. The role focuses on near real-time risk assessment, data analysis, and the development of countermeasures to protect personnel, assets, and information environments involved in critical missions.

You will collaborate with CI analysts, conduct comprehensive risk assessments, and deliver tailored briefings to senior decision-makers, while coordinating with IC

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to Risk Mitigation, including recent USSOCOM Enterprise or interagency work.
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
• In-depth knowledge of FOCI mitigation and related reviews/evaluations.
• Ability to lead teams researching multifaceted or critical problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide near real-time risk assessment and mitigation recommendations.
• Collaborate with CI Analysts to identify threats and risk probabilities.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments for operations, new technologies, or partnerships to identify threats.
• Prepare and present risk assessments, findings, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Liaise with counterparts in other IC agencies to deconflict activities and share threat information.
• Review after-action reports to identify systemic issues and improvements to policy and training.

Skills

Risk analysis

FOCI mitigation

Security clearance

Interagency coordination

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in intelligence or related field

Job description

Mid. Risk Mitigation Specialist

Prescient Edge is seeking a Mid. Risk Mitigation Specialist to support a Federal Government client. Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits

• 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.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to Risk Mitigation with the most 4 recent within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other operational and intelligence planners.
• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.
• 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.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or 10 years of military experience in the intelligence career field.

Security Clearance

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

Location

• HQ USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL.