Cybersecurity Engineer, Lead - Security Clearance Required

MITRE
Springfield, Virginia
Full-time

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Department Summery

The Cyber Solutions Innovation Center applies threat informed expertise in cyber security and information system engineering to enhance the security of the Nations cyber systems.

The Cyber Resiliency Department is the home of Cross domain solutions technical capability area. The technical capability area provides a critical mass of CDS expertise to support MITRE sponsors across all of Government.

Spend your days applying your diverse cyber security technical skills to a wide variety of complex and unique challenges that make a direct impact to our sponsor’s mission.

You will be part of a team that tackles cyber security engineering challenges and delivers solutions. In this role, the candidate will provide hands on cyber security engineering analysis, and system integration crossing multiple areas, such as firewalls, networks, and IDS / IPS.

Ours is a collaborative environment and you’ll work on multi-disciplinary teams.

Roles & Responsibilities :

We are seeking an experienced Cross Domain Solution (CDS) Engineer to support our sponsor, Cross Domain Support Element (CDSE).

CDSE is responsible for analyzing and approving engineering approaches and cross domain systems for the agency. In this role you will be required to :

  • Supporting technical requirements outreach sessions with sponsor stakeholders to identify existing data sources, formats, and interfaces.
  • Identifying tools, frameworks, and methods to help integrate disparate structured and unstructured data sources across the sponsor’s work program.
  • Engaging with senior government staff including the agency Chief Information Security Officer on cross domain issues.
  • Serving as a key member of the agency Cross Domain Services Element.
  • Representing the agency Cross-Domain Services Officer in discussions with cross domain owners.
  • Reviewing cross domain solution designs and recommending approval, changes, etc.

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field, including but not limited to : Cyber Security, Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, or related field and 8 + years applicable experience;

or equivalent combination of related education and work experience

  • Active TS / SCI with Polygraph clearance is required for consideration
  • Due to the lengthy clearance process, candidates without an existing TS / SCI clearance polygraph cannot be considered for this opening.
  • Documented success working with cross domain solutions
  • 5 years of experience working in government or industry in relevant work areas including DoD / IC Cross-Domain Systems and Requirements Processes.
  • Understanding and experience in Mission Assurance and Supply Chain Risk Management.
  • Basic understanding of the role of standards and how they are used to design and implement secure, resilient systems.
  • Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, ICD-503, Raise the Bar and other US Government CDS guidance.
  • Superior customer engagement and communication skills to be able to work seamlessly across MITRE, government, and contractor teams.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly capture salient issues and provide seniors with fact-based, actionable, and relevant technical solutions.
  • Experience collaborating and coordinating with Intelligence Community cross domain community

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Advanced degree in applicable cyber security related field
  • CISSP, CCSP, or other cyber certification.
  • Prior professional experience in the US Intelligence Risk Management.
  • Hands on knowledge of CDS architectures, file filtering, data streaming, XML and JSON schemas
  • A working knowledge of Executive Order 14028, National Security Memo 8, Raise the Bar and all related publications from the National Cross Domain Strategy Management Office (NCDSMO)

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

Top 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 / Polygraph

Work Location Type : Hybrid

Hybrid

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