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Department Summary:
MITRE's Systems Security Engineering (SSE) Department has a new opportunity for a subject matter expert to join an innovative team of engineers focused on ensuring trustworthy resilient and secure solutions for sponsor or customer needs and developing security capabilities for a safer world. The right candidate will enjoy a fast-paced teaming environment working with cutting-edge technology and contribute to advancing security concepts. We are seeking a self-starter to lead efforts in building security into large engineering projects and acquisition efforts. The candidate for this position will work a wide variety of challenging systems and projects, focused on enabling resiliency, security, and cybersecurity capabilities in direct support of programs. The candidate will have opportunities to advance the science and practice of systems security engineering.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Apply the Security Design Order of Precedence (SecDOP) [NIST SP 800-160 v1r1] approach to minimize the design basis for loss potential and use architectural features to provide structure for implementing engineered security features and devices
Analyze missions and systems for unacceptable loss scenarios
Analyze enterprise cyber C2 and situational awareness and advise stakeholders towards improved capabilities
Provide recommendations on ensuring systems are specified, designed, developed, implemented, integrated, and sustained to meet security, resiliency, safety, and assurance needs, goals, and objectives
Research and develop unique, cutting-edge technical capabilities and processes for assessing, analyzing, and understanding system and technology resilience and security
Analyze system requirements, software, hardware, supply chain, and integration approaches, using analysis methods to enable solutions that are As Secure As Reasonably Practical (ASARP) [NIST SP 800-160v1r1]
Basic Qualifications:
Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
Familiarity conducting capability assessments, utilizing relevant, authoritative methodologies, standards, and frameworks
Employing excellent writing and communication skills to develop/deliver technical artifacts, explanations, and presentations
Success working in a highly collaborative environment with peers and government officials
Active Secret clearance
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong defense mission domain knowledge
Strong federal civilian domain knowledge
Degree in Systems Engineering, EE, Mathematics, Physics, or other engineering or science discipline
Familiarity with NIST SP 800-160 v1r1, Engineering Trustworthy Secure Systems
Familiarity with defensive cyberspace operations and/or offensive cyberspace operations
Knowledge of mission engineering, security resilience, reliability, and/or safety engineering methods
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Secret
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Secret
Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$81,000 - $101,000 - $121,000 Annual
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
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