Senior SOC SME: Defensive Cyber Operations & Threat Hunting

The MITRE Corporation; San Diego (CA); Sur place; USD 159 000 - 238 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The MITRE Corporation seeks a seasoned cybersecurity educator and threat hunter to join our Defensive Cyber Operations team. You will craft hands-on training, translate complex concepts into practical courses, and develop detections and dashboards.

You will apply MITRE ATT&CK to guide operations, explore AI-enabled techniques for daily SOC tasks, and tailor content to sponsor missions and resources. On-site 3 days/week with 25% travel and Top Secret clearance required.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field
• 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
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days per week on-site

Responsabilités

• 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

Connaissances

Threat hunting

Training development

Technical writing

Presentations

Travel readiness

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Cybersecurity/Data Science/Mathematics/Statistics

Outils

Splunk

Elastic/ELK

Description du poste

The MITRE Corporation seeks a seasoned cybersecurity educator and threat hunter to join our Defensive Cyber Operations team. You will craft hands-on training, translate complex concepts into practical courses, and develop detections and dashboards.

You will apply MITRE ATT&CK to guide operations, explore AI-enabled techniques for daily SOC tasks, and tailor content to sponsor missions and resources. On-site 3 days/week with 25% travel and Top Secret clearance required.