Critical Infrastructure Threat Intelligence Engineer - Security Clearance Required

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Department Summary :

Do you have a Threat Intelligence background and an interest in Operational Technology (OT) or Control Systems? Have you learned about or worked with OT / Control Systems and have an interest in Threat Intelligence?

The Cyber Infrastructure Protection Innovation Center is seeking Threat Intelligence Engineers in the Modeling, Intelligence, and Sim for Critical Infrastructure department (L542).

Job Description :

The Department is currently seeking mid-career intelligence professionals to contribute individual technical expertise and support to a diverse and growing work program in support of critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities include to :

• Evaluate existing methodologies and develop recommendations for improved processes, tools, analytics, and infrastructure;
• Identify and leverage capabilities from across MITRE that enable the Sponsor to measurably increase mission impact;
• Support intelligence collection operations by partnering closely with Sponsor leaders to apply human and technological capabilities that enable successful operational / mission outcomes;
• Convey technical, analytic, and organizational findings, recommendations, and approaches to senior executive decision makers.

Basic Qualifications :

Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 7 years and a Master’s degree;

or a PhD with 4 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• Top Secret is require
• Experience or interest in operational technology, space, or weapon system cybersecurity.
• Ability to work with others to solve challenging technical problems.
• Possess working knowledge of or strong interest in core cybersecurity principals, policies, and standards.
• Ability to think critically, work in group settings, and be proactive in pursuing research and problem solving.
• Experience with analyzing raw threat intelligence from one or more collection disciplines (ex. SIGINT, HUMINT, GEOINT, etc.

in support to operations and / or analysis.

This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Intelligence community acquisition, planning, programming, budgeting and execution experience.
• Familiarity with broad intelligence community organizational and governance structures, policy generation processes, life cycle acquisition processes, and / or requirements processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS / SCI level security clearance, including polygraph
• Familiarity with control systems in a critical infrastructure environment (manufacturing, power plant, water / wastewater, or equivalent) with awareness of OT, ICS, SCADA, PLCs, DCS, IEDs, Industrial Firewalls, or DCS and related hardware and software.
• Familiarity with the intent, capability and operations of top tier nation-station adversary threat groups targeting operational technology in critical infrastructure, space, or weapon systems.

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

Work Location Type : Onsite

Onsite

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