Job Description

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: MITRE's Systems Security Engineering Department has a new opportunity for a strong technical candidate with a STEM degree to join an innovative team of engineers focused on ensuring resilient and secure solutions for a safer world. You will leverage your academic foundation and work experiences to develop and apply the latest systems security and cybersecurity engineering concepts. You will partner with sponsors and customers to produce secure-by-design solutions leveraging mission engineering and digital engineering best practices. Your work will include building, analyzing, and maintaining models that capture mission needs, security requirements, architectures, interfaces, and assurance evidence. You will help improve digital security, traceability, and mission resiliency using standards-based methods and modern tools. You will also have opportunities to merge your work and interests with advancements from research, industry, academia, and standards groups to develop novel security capabilities. The right candidate will enjoy a fast-paced teaming environment, working with cutting-edge technology, and advancing security concepts. We are seeking a self-starter that assists in building security into large engineering projects and acquisition efforts. The candidate for this position will work a wide variety of challenging systems resiliency, security, and cybersecurity activities in direct support of programs and will have opportunities to advance the science of resilient systems engineering for security and other high-assurance missions. Roles & Responsibilities:

• Analyze missions and systems for potential loss conditions, consequences, and propose mitigation approaches
• Provide recommendations on ensuring systems are specified, designed, developed, implemented, integrated, and sustained to meet security, resiliency, and safety needs, goals and objectives
• Research and develop unique, cutting-edge technical capabilities and processes for understanding, assessing, and analyzing system and technology resilience and security
• Assist in systems security analysis and assessments, including identifying risks and handling options, to inform decision making
• Assist in development of systems security and cybersecurity strategy development, system testing and evaluation, and verification and validation efforts
• Analyze system requirements, software, hardware, supply chain, and integration approaches using analysis tools to identify vulnerabilities and system architecture, design, and implementation flaws
• Develop system security engineering attributes within complex model-based system engineering products

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Mathematics or other STEM disciplines or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Understanding of digital engineering tools, modeling languages, and techniques
• Familiarity with systems security engineering approaches
• Ability to work successfully in small teams of engineers and collaborate on engineering products, demonstrations, and presentations
• Ability to write and present technical material in the form of proposals, white papers, technical reports, and presentations
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or other STEM discipline
• Experience with modeling languages and frameworks (SysML, UAF, etc.)
• Experience with simulation and analysis environments (MATLAB, AFSIM, etc.)
• Experience scripting for automation and modeling & simulation (M&S) (Python, MATLAB, etc.)
• Experience with nodal graph analysis and supporting tools
• Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, methods, processes, frameworks/platforms, and systems
• Current Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance

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 Salary compensation range and midpoint: $77,600 - $97,000 - $116,400 Annual Work Location Type: Hybrid It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. 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 for general support and for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here () . Copyright ©, 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.

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