Senior Cyber Analytics Engineer - Security Clearance Required

MITRE
McLean, Virginia
Full-time

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Department Summary :

MITRE InfoSec is the organization responsible for the unclassified information security program within MITRE. Our protection of MITRE covers both Operational and Services functions, ensuring an industry leading, comprehensive security program.

This role falls within our Operations team, in the Defensive Innovation Group, tasked with responsibility for preventing, detecting, and responding to our cyber adversaries.

This group develops new methods and capabilities for protecting MITRE from cyber adversaries, making the team more effective and efficient.

We’re looking for motivated individuals with a strong interest in advancing the state of the possible in defending against advanced cyber threats.

Roles and Responsibilities :

  • Develop new capabilities to enhance MITRE InfoSec’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats.
  • Leverage machine learning to detect new and novel attacks.
  • Use automation platforms to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber threats.
  • Develop analytics from cloud, server, endpoint, and network data to detect signs of intrusion.
  • Automate daily tasks to improve SOC’s efficiency and effectiveness.

Basic Qualifications :

  • Bachelor of Science (or equivalent experience) in Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering disciplines and 5 years of related experience in defensive cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, analytic development, capability development, or software engineering
  • Proficiency in Python or comparable modern language
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications :

  • Master of Science (or equivalent experience) in Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering disciplines and 4+ years of related experience in defensive cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, analytic development, capability development, or software engineering
  • Active Secret clearance
  • Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence experience
  • Use of ML / AI tools or libraries, e.g. PyTorch, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or Splunk MLTK
  • Development of ML-based detections or analytics
  • Cloud Development experience
  • Amazon Web Services, Azure, M365
  • Interfacing with cloud services via API
  • Deploying capabilities on IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS platforms
  • Experience building cloud cybersecurity analytics or response capabilities.
  • Experience with Security, Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) tools.
  • Experience developing on Splunk platform.

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

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s) :

Secret

Work Location Type : Hybrid

Hybrid

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