TSSCI Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer

The Mitre Corporation • Huntsville, AL

6d • $129,200 - $193,800 • Onsite

About The Position

MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department is seeking a Senior Cyber Intelligence Engineer to support government and private-sector sponsors. The role advances cyber intelligence research and innovation, leads projects and tasks, and collaborates across MITRE to shape its work and capabilities. The position involves working with government, industry, and academia to help public- and private-sector organizations make better decisions and address complex challenges of national and global significance.

The engineer applies cyber intelligence expertise to sponsor challenges, including defensive cyber operations, weapons-system security, critical-infrastructure threat assessment, and analysis of intelligence reporting to enable cyber effects. The role also helps sponsors understand, build, and advance their cyber intelligence capabilities and programs; reviews tools and recommends practices, analytic methods, and AI integration opportunities; performs research and development; and uses or contributes to MITRE ATT&CK®.

This position requires a minimum of four days per week onsite and an active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph U.S. Government-issued security clearance. Candidates must be U.S. citizens to be eligible for a security clearance.

Requirements

• Typically requires at least 5 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, or 3 years with a master's degree, or a Ph.D. with relevant experience and ability to contribute immediately at this job step, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated application of MITRE ATT&CK® in operational environments and experience with other structured frameworks and analytic techniques, such as the Diamond Model.
• Knowledge of adversary tradecraft and the use of cyber operations as a tool of military force and statecraft.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting technical analysis in written products and presentations.
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph U.S. Government-issued security clearance.
• Must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for a security clearance.
• Must work onsite a minimum of four days per week.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on technical expertise in one or more of the following: adversary emulation, defensive cyber operations, cyber analytics and malware analysis, cyber deception and adversary engagement, cyber effects and reverse engineering, or cyber forensics.

Responsibilities

• Apply cyber intelligence expertise to help sponsors address challenges such as enabling defensive cyber operations, securing weapons systems, assessing threats to critical infrastructure, and analyzing intelligence reporting to enable cyber effects.
• Help sponsors understand how cyber intelligence fits into their organization and mission or security organization.
• Guide sponsors in building and advancing cyber intelligence capabilities and programs.
• Review sponsor tools and recommend best practices, analytic methodologies, and opportunities to integrate AI.
• Propose and perform research and development to advance the state of the art in cyber intelligence.
• Use or contribute to MITRE ATT&CK® to help the global cybersecurity community understand threat behaviors.
• Lead projects and tasks and collaborate across MITRE to shape its work and capabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior