Senior Offensive Security 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

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We're a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation's health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.

Department Summary:

MITRE's Cyber Threat Intelligence department is seeking creative and passionate people who will advance the practice of adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming development and operations. You will advance the state of the art through research and development, advance the state of the practice through support to critical projects including ATT&CK Evaluations and Caldera, and help our government sponsors use offensive security to improve cyber defense. Our department is responsible for delivering and advancing MITRE's adversary emulation expertise across all of MITRE's national security, public sector, and private sector sponsors.

Roles & 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

Basic 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of ATT&CK, Caldera, ATT&CK Evaluations, and MITRE's work in offensive security.
• Experience in cyber threat intelligence, including using threat intelligence to define red team capabilities.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$129,200 - $161,500 - $193,800 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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