Senior Red Team Engineer – Adversary Emulation & CTI

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

Job summary

MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department seeks an experienced offensive security engineer to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming across national security, public sector, and private sponsors.

You will contribute to ATT&CK evaluations and Caldera development, applying offensive security to improve defense. The position requires strong communication skills and four onsite days per week in San Diego.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience.
• Experience creating and using offensive security tools, malware implants, and other red team capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to independently deliver adversary emulation capabilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presenting technical analyses in written products and presentations.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Use your offensive security expertise to build and emulate cutting-edge capabilities of real-world threats.
• Leverage AI to advance cyber operations, purple teaming, and threat intelligence.
• Build products and perform R&D to help sponsors solve CTI problems.
• Propose and lead research to improve the state of cyber operations.
• Participate in or lead offensive security engagements to guide blue teams.
• Contribute to ATT&CK, Caldera, and MITRE’s offensive security efforts.

Skills

Offensive security

Adversary emulation

Threat emulation

Red teaming

AI in cyber operations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Caldera

ATT&CK

Job description

MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department seeks an experienced offensive security engineer to advance adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teaming across national security, public sector, and private sponsors.

You will contribute to ATT&CK evaluations and Caldera development, applying offensive security to improve defense. The position requires strong communication skills and four onsite days per week in San Diego.