Senior SOC Defense Engineer & Threat Hunting SME

The MITRE Corporation; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

The MITRE Corporation in the Tampa Bay area is seeking a seasoned Cyber Operations specialist to join our Defensive Cyber Operations team. You will help train government sponsors, hunt threats, and design AI‑driven defenses that strengthen mission‑critical networks.

You’ll apply MITRE ATT&CK to guide detections, build analytics dashboards, and mature SOC capabilities. On‑site work is required with occasional travel to sponsor locations; collaboration with cross‑functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience.
• Experience leveraging common SOC tools to defend an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience conducting proactive cyber threat hunting across enterprise environments.
• Experience developing technical training content, curriculum, courseware, or other learning materials for cybersecurity audiences.
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% to deliver training at customer locations, including international locations.
• 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 3 days per week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise to government sponsors on enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), including daily operations, governance, and process improvement.
• Translate complex defensive cybersecurity concepts into practical training tailored to sponsors’ network topologies, staffing, funding, and technical resources.
• Develop hands‑on training scenarios and exercises that reflect real‑world defensive cyber challenges and sponsor mission needs.
• Apply MITRE ATT&CK® to guide threat hunting and develop defenses aligned with adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Design, develop, and refine security detections, analytics, and dashboards, and integrate new data sources into security information and event management (SIEM) platforms.
• Develop, evaluate, and improve threat hunting methodologies to identify adversary activity and strengthen defensive cyber capabilities.
• Research and evaluate emerging artificial intelligence techniques, including machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and reinforcement learning, with an emphasis on practical, cost‑effective applications to daily SOC operations.
• Assess SOC capabilities, identify operational and technical gaps, and recommend improvements aligned with sponsor mission priorities and available resources.
• Validate detections and defensive workflows through testing and exercises, using results to improve detection coverage, reduce false positives, and refine operational procedures.]
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Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field

Job description

The MITRE Corporation in the Tampa Bay area is seeking a seasoned Cyber Operations specialist to join our Defensive Cyber Operations team. You will help train government sponsors, hunt threats, and design AI‑driven defenses that strengthen mission‑critical networks.

You’ll apply MITRE ATT&CK to guide detections, build analytics dashboards, and mature SOC capabilities. On‑site work is required with occasional travel to sponsor locations; collaboration with cross‑functional teams is essential.