Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
About The Position
Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. The Cryptography, ICAM, & System Assurance department is comprised of an inspired multi-disciplinary team of researchers and practitioners driving innovation in the department’s technical areas of focus, with particular emphasis in Cryptography; Software Assurance (SwA); and Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM). We develop and apply scalable approaches for systems and software, evaluate technology and solutions, lead and foster external partnerships within the communities we support, and conduct novel research and development. We serve in critical roles including: Conceive of and advance novel technical ideas, Provide deep analyses whose results drive decision-making by our sponsors, Build proof-of-concept systems that leverage new technology and concepts, and Engage with the vendor community, academia, and our sponsors to raise the bar on cyber security throughout the industry.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Experience in secure application development and software assurance
- Knowledgeable about static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST)
- Demonstrated experience collaborating successfully with teams
- Demonstrated examples of building and leveraging relationships that had a positive impact on the work
- Track record of impactful work that made a difference
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proactive, critical thinking skills
- Excellent written/verbal communications skills
- This position requires a Secret Clearance
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security, or related technical field of study
- Previous experience as a software or cyber security engineer
- Familiarity with cyber security principles, concepts and technologies
- Working knowledge of standards for describing and prioritizing vulnerabilities and weaknesses (i.e., CVE, CVSS, CWE)
- Deep technical understanding of one or more software analysis areas (e.g., static code analysis, symbolic execution, or binary analysis)
- Familiarity with Python, C, C++, C#, Rust, GoLang and other current development languages
- Prior involvement in performing software/hardware design, architecture, and/or code reviews
- Ability to possess and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance
Responsibilities
- Providing thought leadership in Software Assurance both within MITRE and for our sponsors
- Assisting sponsors in implementing Software Assurance best practices within their operational environments
- Conducting research into novel software/hardware weaknesses and attack patterns
- Increasing the impact of the CWE program by expanding and improving technical content
- Performing static analysis on source code to support a range of use cases
- Researching ways to improve traditional SwA techniques by leveraging the newest AI technologies
- Implementing prototype systems to manage Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)
- Helping to advance related research projects, bringing your unique knowledge to bear
Benefits
- competitive benefits
- exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
