Senior Adversary Emulation Engineer

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

Job summary

MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department seeks experienced professionals to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming development and operations. You will contribute to ATT&CK Evaluations, Caldera, and related MITRE efforts, collaborating with government sponsors to enhance cyber defense.

You will lead offensive security engagements, develop capabilities in real-world threat emulation, and apply AI to improve cyber operations and threat intelligence.

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 of related education and work experience.
• 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 experience presenting 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 the cutting-edge capabilities 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 show blue 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

Adversary emulation

Malware implants

Programming languages

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree

PhD (relevant)

Tools

Offensive security tools

Malware implants

Red team capabilities

Job description

MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department seeks experienced professionals to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming development and operations. You will contribute to ATT&CK Evaluations, Caldera, and related MITRE efforts, collaborating with government sponsors to enhance cyber defense.

You will lead offensive security engagements, develop capabilities in real-world threat emulation, and apply AI to improve cyber operations and threat intelligence.