Senior Risk Mitigation Strategist – TS/SCI

Cherokee Federal; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

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401K

Other benefits

Job summary

Cherokee Strategic Edge seeks a Risk Mitigation Specialist to support USSOCOM with a TS/SCI clearance and polygraph eligibility. The role involves leading risk assessments, threat analysis, and development of countermeasures across CI and OPSEC efforts.

You will advise senior leaders, coordinate with IC partners, and ensure compliance with agency policies. Expect collaboration across legal, policy, and technical experts to implement effective mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Master's degree in Public Policy, Government, International Affairs/Relations, or closely related discipline; or GS/GG-15 level experience.
• Minimum 20 years of combined work-related experience in the Risk Mitigation career field with minimum 10 years since 2015 within USSOCOM Enterprise or Interagency equivalent.
• Ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze data sets to validate people, assets, utilities, and information environments.
• Assess global risks and threats, supporting CI analytics for SOF and HUMINT operations as well as military and commercial supply chain activities.
• Collaborate with CI Analysts to present new or anticipated threats and related probabilities of risks.
• Conduct comprehensive Risk Assessments for proposed intelligence operations, new technologies, or partnerships to identify threats.
• Analyze FIE threats, tactics, and targeting patterns to inform defensive measures.
• Perform vulnerability analyses of internal processes, plans, and systems to identify weaknesses.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Counterintelligence polygraph

Analytical leadership

Data analysis

Executive briefing

Education

Master's degree in Public Policy / Government / International Affairs

GS/GG-15 level experience or commensurate

20+ years in risk mitigation field

Job description

Cherokee Strategic Edge seeks a Risk Mitigation Specialist to support USSOCOM with a TS/SCI clearance and polygraph eligibility. The role involves leading risk assessments, threat analysis, and development of countermeasures across CI and OPSEC efforts.

You will advise senior leaders, coordinate with IC partners, and ensure compliance with agency policies. Expect collaboration across legal, policy, and technical experts to implement effective mitigation strategies.