TSSCI Senior Offensive Security Engineer
Listed on 2026-11-04
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Information Security & Data Protection, Systems Engineer, Security Management & Operations
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.
Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.
MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department is seeking isseekingcreative and passionate people who will advance the practice of adversary emulation, threat emulation, and red teamingdevelopment and operations. You will advance the state of the art through research and development, advance the state of the practice through support to critical projects including ATT&CK Evaluations and Caldera, and help our government sponsors use offensive security to improve cyber defense.
Our department is responsible for delivering and advancing MITRE’s adversary emulation expertise across all of MITRE’s national security, public sector, and private sector sponsors.
Use your skills as an offensive security engineer and knowledge of adversary behaviors to build and emulate the cutting-edge capabilities of real-world threats
Use AI to advance the state of the art in cyber operations, purple teaming, and cyber threat intelligence
Use your understanding of cyber intelligence to build products, perform R&D, and help sponsors solve their hardest CTI problems
Propose and lead research to improve the state of the art of cyber operations
Participate in, define, or lead offensive security engagements to showblue teams how to respond to real-world adversaries
Use your knowledge of adversary behavior to advance ATT&CK, Caldera, and other MITRE efforts
Typically requires 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 creating and using offensive security tools, malware implants, and other red team capabilities in one or more programming languages.
Demonstrated ability to independently deliver adversary emulation capabilities.
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. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.
Knowledge of ATT&CK, Caldera,ATT&CK Evaluations, and MITRE’s work in offensive security.
Experience in cyber threat intelligence, including using threat intelligence to define red team capabilities.
Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph
Salary compensation range and midpoint:$129,200 - $161,500 - $193,800 Annual
Work Location Type:Onsite
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