Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer - Onsite TS Clearance

Mitre Corporation; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA, is seeking a Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer to advance cyber threat intelligence research and support government and private sector sponsors.

You will lead projects, apply MITRE ATT&CK®, and collaborate across MITRE to help shape capabilities and programs for national security and critical infrastructure. A TS clearance is required, with on-site work four days a week.

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.
• Demonstrated application of MITRE ATT&CK® within operational environments and other structured frameworks and analytic techniques (e.g., Diamond Model).
• Knowledge of adversary tradecraft and their utilization of cyber operations as a tool of military force and statecraft.
• 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

• Apply cyber intelligence expertise to help our sponsors solve their hardest problems, ranging from enabling defensive cyber operations, securing weapons systems, assessing threats to critical infrastructure, and analyzing intelligence reporting to enable cyber effects.
• Help sponsors understand how cyber intelligence fits into their organization, whether as a core part of their mission or as an important function in their security organization.
• Guide sponsors in building and advancing cyber intelligence capabilities and programs.
• Review sponsor tools and recommend best practices, analytic methodologies, and opportunities to integrate AI.
• Propose and perform research and development to advance the state of the art in cyber intelligence.
• Use or contribute to MITRE ATT&CK® to help the global cybersecurity community understand threat behaviors.

Skills

Cyber threat intelligence

Adversary tradecraft

Communication skills

Security clearance

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK®

Diamond Model

Job description

MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA, is seeking a Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer to advance cyber threat intelligence research and support government and private sector sponsors.

You will lead projects, apply MITRE ATT&CK®, and collaborate across MITRE to help shape capabilities and programs for national security and critical infrastructure. A TS clearance is required, with on-site work four days a week.