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Department Summary:

Our mission is enable our sponsors to develop and deploy systems that can withstand adversary effects in a contested cyber environment, and aggressively defend our nation’s critical infrastructure against cyber asymmetric warfare.Our Crypto and Trusted Systems Engineering team provides critical mission assurance by developing cryptographic and resilient solutions for the warfighter while our Resilient Engineering groups focus on ensuring our weapons systems and infrastructure can “fight through” the evolving and persistent cyber threat through a combination of cyber security, resilient design, and enhanced cyber situational awareness.Our Department’s work program is central to the cyber resilience of DoD missions and integral to the activities of the other MITRE portfolios. In partnership, our goal is to secure Cyberspace Superiority and ensure Joint Forces can achieve their missions in a contested cyberspace environment.

Job Description:

Join MITRE’s Mission Resilience and Crypto Department (N141). Our work program is central to the cyber resilience of DoD missions and integral to the activities of the other MITRE portfolios. In partnership, our goal is to ensure Cyberspace Superiority and ensure Joint Forces can achieve their missions in a contested cyberspace environment.

The successful candidate will support the implementation of cyber resilient capabilities with a focus on research, development, and engineering aimed at maximizing the trust and assurance of embedded systems, software, and protocols. Not only are we a place to learn and grow, but we are a place where technical leadership and the willingness to step up is appreciated. We place a high value on innovation and collaboration to:

• Conceive of and advance novel technical ideas,

• Provide deep analyses whose results drive decision-making by our sponsors

• Develop enduring partnerships and function as trusted advisors to 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

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience with cyber security for embedded systems, including weapon systems and operation technology/industrial control systems

• A demonstrated knowledge of systems engineering and familiarity with cyber security processes and tools.

• Track record of innovative thinking with a bias toward action in the cyber security/resiliency domain

• Demonstrated ability to work with sponsors at a senior level to identify key technical challenges and opportunities.

• Strong interpersonal skills as well as effective verbal and written communication skills

• Understanding of AF missions and operations

• Motivation to expand knowledge and skills and assume responsibility.

• Ability to work successfully in small teams of engineers and collaborate on engineering products, demonstrations, and presentations

• Awareness of DoD acquisition processes and information assurance requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• DoD Secret clearance

• Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance

• The position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the DOD acquisition process and cyber security requirements/policies

• Strong analytical and operational analysis skills, with experience addressing complex enterprise problems

• Knowledge of cyber threats and analysis methods, and knowledge of intelligence community methods and products.

• Strong knowledge of Air Force projects and portfolios, and broad knowledge of AF cyber operations.

  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):

Top Secret

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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