Systems Security Engineer, Principal

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MITRE’s Systems Security Engineering Department has a new opportunity for a strong technical candidate with systems security expertise to join an innovative team of engineers focused on ensuring resilient and secure solutions for sponsor / customer needs and developing security capabilities for a safer world.

For this position, you will leverage your academic foundation and your work experiences to develop, hone and apply your knowledge of the latest systems security and cybersecurity engineering concepts to ensure resilient and secure solutions for sponsor or customer needs. Also, you will have opportunities to merge your work and interests with advancements from research, industry, academia, and standards groups to develop novel security capabilities.

The right candidate will enjoy a fast-paced team environment, working with cutting-edge technology, and contributing to advancing security concepts. We are seeking a self-starter that assists in applying cyber test principles to build security into large engineering projects and acquisition efforts. The candidate for this position will work on a wide variety of challenging problems including systems resiliency, cyber test, security, and cybersecurity activities in direct support of programs.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Assist in development of systems security and cybersecurity strategy development, system testing and evaluation, and verification and validation efforts 
• Providing contributions to secure system design, resiliency principles and assured execution both within MITRE and for our sponsors, reflecting recent relevant research and commercial technology.
• Contribute to projects or small teams to solve complex cybersecurity problems for our sponsors
• Contribute to the innovation of new AI use cases applied to cyber operational challenges
• Keep pace with the rapidly advancing lifecycle of emerging technologies to maintain cutting edge support of sponsor programs

The Systems Security Engineer will be a core member of the technical team and serve as the first-line support to our Army and Missile Defense Agency sponsors. The position requires direct in-person contributions to our Huntsville-based Sponsor.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide recommendations on ensuring systems are specified, designed, developed, implemented, integrated, and sustained to meet security, resiliency, and safety needs, goals and objectives 
• Research and develop unique, cutting-edge technical capabilities and processes for understanding, assessing, and analyzing system and technology resilience and security 
• Assist in development of systems security and cybersecurity strategy development, system testing and evaluation, and verification and validation efforts 
• Contribute technically to one or more MITRE Space Force cybersecurity tasks.
• Collaborate effectively with MITRE, government, and contractors; to effectively communicate in writing, presentations, and collaborative discussions; able to interface with peers, managers, and government sponsors.
• Promote collaboration and integration with other organizational elements within the Space C2 department and across MITRE.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated technical depth in the field of Systems Security Engineering, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, or Systems Engineering
• Familiarity with vulnerability scanners and network intrusion detection tools.
• Applied understanding and experience with one or more competencies within cybersecurity:• Fundamental technological skills: Understanding the basics of networking, operating systems, AI, Blockchain, and security tools.
• Risk identification and management: The ability to identify vulnerabilities and develop strategies to mitigate risks.
• Data management and analysis: The ability to manage and analyze structured and unstructured data.
• Cloud implementation and management: Understanding cloud systems and ensuring data security within them.

• Robust knowledge of, and experience with, operational cyber security practices and commonly used technologies
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team and across Government sponsors as appropriate and experience leveraging relationships to benefit staff and work programs.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Experience leading teams or projects/tasks.
• This position requires a Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI.
• Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field
• Experience with ground radar systems
• Demonstrated leadership experience
• Recognized expertise in weapon system platforms, mission applications, and modeling & simulation
• Experience in the Missile Warning-Missile Tracking (MW-MT) and/or Missile Defense (MD)
• Top Secret clearance
• Experience with Digital Engineering

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/SCI

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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