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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:

Implement new capabilities to enhance MITRE InfoSec’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats 

Contribute to brainstorming and design of such capabilities 

Develop detections from cloud, server, endpoint, and network data to detect signs of intrusion 

Use automation platforms to enhance detection and accelerate response to cyber threats 

Automate daily tasks to improve SOC’s efficiency and effectiveness  

Leverage machine learning to detect new and novel attacks 

Work both individually and as part of a team 

Basic Qualifications:

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

2+ years of related experience in defensive cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, detection engineering, or defensive cyber capability development 

Proficiency in Python or comparable modern programming language 

Eligible for Secret clearance (current clearance not required)  

Preferred Qualifications:

Master of Science (or equivalent experience) in Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering disciplines 

4+ years of related experience in defensive cybersecurity operations, cyber incident response, detection engineering, or defensive cyber capability development 

Active Secret clearance 

Experience developing on Splunk platform 

Experience designing and implementing cloud detection engineering or incident response capabilities 

Experience implementing Security, Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) playbooks 

Experience designing and performing cyber hunts using MITRE ATT&CK framework and/or cyber threat intelligence reports 

Experience performing cyber incident response on one of more platforms, including Windows, MacOS, Linux, Amazon AWS, or Microsoft Azure 

Cloud Development experience 

Amazon Web Services, Azure, M365 

Interfacing with cloud services via API 

Deploying capabilities on IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS platforms 

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 

Strong written and verbal communication skills; effective technical presentation skills 

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

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