Senior Adversary Emulation Engineer

Mitre Corporation; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE Corporation in Fort Meade, Maryland seeks an experienced Offensive Security Engineer to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red-teaming efforts. You will contribute to ATT&CK Evaluations and Caldera projects, helping government sponsors strengthen cyber defense with offensive security capabilities.

The role emphasizes building real-world threat capabilities, leveraging AI, and delivering high-impact CTI solutions.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination.
• Experience creating and using offensive security tools, malware implants, and other red team capabilities in one or more programming languages.
• Demonstrated ability to independently deliver adversary emulation capabilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experiencepresenting technical analysis in written products and presentations.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret 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 4 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Use your skills as an offensive security engineer and knowledge of adversary behaviors to build and emulate thecutting-edgecapabilities of real-world threats
• Use AI to advance the state of the art in cyber operations, purple teaming, and cyber threat intelligence
• Use your understanding of cyber intelligence to build products, perform R&D, and help sponsors solve their hardest CTI problems
• Propose and lead research to improve the state of the art of cyber operations
• Participate in, define, or lead offensive security engagements to showblue teams how to respond to real-world adversaries
• Use your knowledge of adversary behavior to advance ATT&CK, Caldera, and other MITRE efforts

Skills

Offensive security

Malware implants

Programming languages

Adversary emulation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree with related experience

Tools

ATT&CK

Caldera

Job description

MITRE Corporation in Fort Meade, Maryland seeks an experienced Offensive Security Engineer to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red-teaming efforts. You will contribute to ATT&CK Evaluations and Caldera projects, helping government sponsors strengthen cyber defense with offensive security capabilities.

The role emphasizes building real-world threat capabilities, leveraging AI, and delivering high-impact CTI solutions.