Lead Cybersecurity Engineer

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity.

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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.

Roles & Responsibilities :

As a member of the Cryptography, ICAM, & System Assurance department in the Cyber Engineering Division, you will join an inspired team supporting developers and security researchers around the world.  We are seeking an experienced technical professional and critical thinker with deep technical skills and a demonstrated track record of fostering, promoting, and fielding innovative ideas and solutions. This position will provide Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and Cyber SCRM (CSCRM) support to Missile Defense System Program office in Huntsville, AL to support next generation technical program security to the integrated missile defense capability.

The Huntsville, AL based position is required to effectively foster relationships and shape the work program. The successful candidate will directly contribute to the technical work for our sponsors and take an active role in overall team dynamics and eventual leadership. Expected responsibilities include:

Advise government program leadership on SCRM assessment methodology, program processes, and workflow design across all program components.

Evaluate and improve existing assessment concepts such as risk characterization, criticality analysis, and FOCI/beneficial ownership analysis, and recommend refinements for adoption by execution teams.

Introduce new concepts, methods, data sources, and tools into the program's SCRM practice, translating emerging approaches into program-ready recommendations.

Track, interpret, and brief evolving supply chain security rule making and policy, translating it into program impact assessments.

Design analytic standards, assessment templates, and SOPs that drive analyst consistency.

Prepare decision-quality analysis and artifacts, including briefings, white papers, and recommendations for government decision makers.

Conduct OSINT and open-source research to inform methodology development and to spot-check or pilot new analytic approaches.

Basic Qualifications:

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