Defensive Cyber Operations Engineer - Security Clearance Required

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Division Summary :

MITRE’s Defensive Cyber Operations department is seeking creative people to work collaboratively with our staff of cybersecurity engineers in the fields of defensive cyber operations, cybersecurity analytics, and cyber deception and adversary engagement.

Job Description :

Additional personnel are needed to provide engineering support for a Centralized Logging Initiative. Candidates will be part of a fast-paced team of government and contractor personnel to help stand up and maintain a centralized log collection tier for the sponsor organization.

Candidates will comprise a team which performs duties across a broad spectrum of growing demands :

• Consult and interface with customers to understand log collection requirements and provide appropriate solutions to integrate data feeds
• Implement cybersecurity-focused dashboards and alerts for the ESOC watch floor to promote an expedited adoption of new logs by analysts
• Advanced SPL search construction and optimization with a focus on security and detection engineering
• Build incident response playbooks and running incident response plans
• Understand M-21-31 Executive Order 14028 and the practical steps to achieve compliance
• Implement metrics to understand environment health and monitor dashboard adoption
• Provide strategic and technical recommendations to sponsor, occasionally writing short whitepapers and / or building executive briefs

Some examples our work include :

• Combining cybersecurity domain expertise and contemporary data science skills to enhance adversary detection, network defense, and Security Operations Center (SOC) process improvement.
• Using MITRE ATT&CK® to hunt the adversary and build TTP-based defenses.
• Automating container environments via continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI / CD)
• Utilizing network tools and telemetry to enable detection and threat hunting

Basic Qualifications :

• TS / SCI Clearance (w / polygraph eligibility)
• Direct knowledge and experience in the cybersecurity field (especially SOCs)
• Familiarity and experience with Splunk
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field;

or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

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.

This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site at Huntsville sponsor site

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience and knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK implementation

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s) :

Top Secret / SCI

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

Work Location Type : Hybrid

Hybrid

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