Senior OT/ICS Cybersecurity Engineer — Onsite

MITRE; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE seeks a senior/lead OT/ICS cybersecurity expert to defend our nation’s critical infrastructure. You will work with government sponsors to improve OT cybersecurity, develop sensors and analytic architectures, and perform threat-informed analyses and simulations.

The role requires at least 5 years of related experience, on-site presence three days a week, and eligibility for a Top Secret U.S. government security clearance. Join a collaborative team focused on resilient OT systems within CI.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years with a Master’s; or PhD with relevant experience who can contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Experience in OT cybersecurity, OT protocol analysis, and/or process control.

Responsibilities

• Working directly with government and critical infrastructure operators to develop requirements for new cyber protection technologies, perform applied research and development activities, develop operational pilots, and assist in transition to operational use.
• Developing and operationalizing cyber sensors and analytic architectures to enable more efficient and effective OT cybersecurity operations, threat-hunting, and forensic analysis. Execute technical and programmatic duties in the delivery and integration of cyber technologies into stakeholder environments.
• Conducting cyber mission dependency, criticality, mission failure, and adversary cyberattack scenario analyses to inform design of OT resilient architectures.
• Researching, developing, operationalizing, evaluating, and improving OT defensive tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for detecting and responding to cyber threats, and
• Developing and performing attack emulation and deception operations.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering or similar technical field

Job description

MITRE seeks a senior/lead OT/ICS cybersecurity expert to defend our nation’s critical infrastructure. You will work with government sponsors to improve OT cybersecurity, develop sensors and analytic architectures, and perform threat-informed analyses and simulations.

The role requires at least 5 years of related experience, on-site presence three days a week, and eligibility for a Top Secret U.S. government security clearance. Join a collaborative team focused on resilient OT systems within CI.