Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. Department Summary:The Applied Cybersecurity Department (P762) within the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) (P700) seeking Lead Cybersecurity engineer to support NCF R&D programs. We will provide you with challenging opportunities to apply and expand your process improvement, innovation and transformation, and analytics skills. You will use your abilities to address complex issues of critical national and global significance. We are looking for highly-motivated, adaptive, and self-directed professionals with a wide variety of interests and a foundation of skills in cybersecurity, cybersecurity process implementation, and knowledge of various government cybersecurity regulations.Roles & Responsibilities:
Uses broad cyber expertise to identify and create cyber solutions in research environments
Develops innovative offerings and identifies opportunities for cyber capabilities by applying a mix of strategic and technical knowledge of network environments, regulations, and specific domain requirements.
Support for one or multiple workstreams to evaluate technologies, understanding product functionality, capabilities, and limitations
Research on product capabilities and develop a technical report based on the research results and analysis
Demonstrate strong familiarity and skill in one or more of the following areas: Applied Cybersecurity, Cyber Analytics, Cyber Architecture and Resilience, Cyber Threat Intelligence.
Leads complex cyber engineering, architecting, and solutioning projects and tasks at the enterprise level, to include using industry-based frameworks such as the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Lead and work with a team of engineers and sponsors to identify operational and cybersecurity engineering challenges, potential solutions, and communicate challenges and impacts clearly and effectively.
Comfortably and respectfully engage with sponsor leadership and MITRE managers.
Be able to modify and alter course as the environment and sponsor priorities shift. Understand the power of reach-back and be an effective conduit to bring the talent forward to execute at the right time.
Work with leadership to translate MITRE’s mission and strategy into operations by contributing to the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) goal of increasing cybersecurity research areas.
Apply knowledge of cyber solutions and standards to promote the most impactful application of resources.
Provides individual contributions and consultation.
Execute tasks per the guidance of the Project/Task Leader.
Basic Qualifications:
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Demonstrated understanding of Federal government cybersecurity laws, regulations, policies, standards and executive orders.
Demonstrated experience with the design, development, and implementation of enterprise cybersecurity solutions, to include development of cybersecurity architectures comprising platforms, systems, applications, and networks – on- and/or off-premises
Willingness to be hands-on in a lab environment.
Demonstrated experience in the delivery of detailed cybersecurity analyses and recommendations that produce a measurable increase in an organization’s cybersecurity capabilities
Demonstrated experience with the implementation and management of cybersecurity controls such as NIST 800-53 security controls
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 Core Functions (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover).
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Internet of Things (IoT), AI, Zero Trust, 5G
Track record of innovative thinking
Knowledge of NIST specific cybersecurity regulations, policies, and procedures
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):NoneThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):NoneSalary compensation range and midpoint:$153,000 - $191,500 - $230,000 AnnualWork Location Type:HybridMITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088EEOCKnowYourRights1020.pdf) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp%20EnglishformattedESQA508c.pdf) . MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email [email protected] . Copyright © 2025, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.Benefits information may be found here (https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/benefits)