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Department Summary:

The Applied Cybersecurity Department (P762) within the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) (P700) seeking Operational Technology (OT) / Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity engineers to support Critical Infrastructure 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 mid/late-career candidates with a wide variety of interests and a foundation of skills in OT, ICS, cyber process implementation and knowledge of government cyber regulations for OT/ICS.

Job Description:

The successful candidate is expected to:

• Build and maintain a strong work program and technically proficient team to drive research within the cyber resiliency of Operational Technology (OT), Critical Infrastructure, and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) space.

• Apply knowledge of cyber solutions and effects to promote the most impactful application of resources.

• Working directly with government and critical infrastructure operators to develop requirements for new cyber protection technologies, and perform applied research and development activities

• Translate MITRE’s mission and strategy into operations, making it tangible and meaningful to project team while contributing to the NCCoE goal to increase research around infrastructure resiliency.

• Researching, developing, operationalizing, evaluating, and improving OT defensive tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for detecting and responding to cyber threats,

• Experience leveraging and using MITRE tools to build detection capability and to support hunting the adversary in OT environments,

• Researching and developing OT Cyber Resiliency solutions including developing and operationalizing OT/ICS SCADA cyber defense architectures,   

• Provide thought/technical leadership in direct support of the NCCoE

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

• 5 years of experience in cyber security and core technical areas (OT/ICS, Resilient Platforms, Trusted Systems, and Supply Chain Risk Management).

• In depth understanding of operating systems, network/system architecture, and IT architecture design

• Demonstrated background in systems engineering and cyber security to support (OT/ICS) systems.

• Track record of innovative thinking with a bias toward action.

• Demonstrated ability to work with sponsors at a senior level to identify key technical challenges and opportunities.

• Strong interpersonal skills as well as effective verbal and written communication skills

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Past leadership experience in task management roles.

• Experience working with electric/gas utilities, manufacturing companies, or water utilities.

• Deep knowledge of cyber threats and analysis methods, and knowledge of intelligence community methods and products.

• Experience working with federal departments and agencies or their stakeholders (e.g., state/local/tribal/territorial governments) and critical infrastructure organizations

• Familiarity with the cyber platform and MITRE research efforts in cyber resiliency and security.

• Working knowledge of cybersecurity policies and standards related to ICS/SCADA.

• Ability to apply knowledge of Cyber Physical /OT/ICS/SCADA, security engineering to address new cyber defense/resiliency techniques.

• Track record of innovative thinking

  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):

None

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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