Senior Offensive Security Engineer — Red Team & CTI

Mitre Corporation; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE's Cyber Threat Intelligence department seeks creative professionals to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming. You will contribute to ATT&CK Evaluations, Caldera, and government-sponsored projects, delivering adversary emulation expertise across national security and public/private sponsors.

The role emphasizes building capabilities, conducting research, and guiding offensive security engagements with a focus on improving cyber defense for sponsors and partners.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years with a Master’s; or a PhD with relevant experience
• Experience creating and using offensive security tools and red team capabilities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presenting technical analysis

Responsibilities

• Use offensive security engineer skills to build and emulate cutting-edge capabilities of real-world threats
• Use AI to advance cyber operations, purple teaming, and cyber threat intelligence
• Build products, perform R&D, and help sponsors solve CTI problems
• Propose and lead research to improve cyber operations
• Lead offensive security engagements to show blue teams how to respond to adversaries
• Advance ATT&CK, Caldera, and MITRE efforts

Skills

Offensive security

Programming languages

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Offensive security tools

Job description

MITRE's Cyber Threat Intelligence department seeks creative professionals to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming. You will contribute to ATT&CK Evaluations, Caldera, and government-sponsored projects, delivering adversary emulation expertise across national security and public/private sponsors.

The role emphasizes building capabilities, conducting research, and guiding offensive security engagements with a focus on improving cyber defense for sponsors and partners.