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Department Summary:

The MITRE Systems Security Engineering department seeks an experienced Principal Cybersecurity or Systems Engineer specializing in engineering trustworthy secure solutions to serve as a Group Leader (GL). Experience in one or more of the following is required: systems security engineering; cybersecurity operations; security analysis; D3FEND; loss driven systems engineering.

The candidate needs to have strong servant leader, team leadership skills. The successful candidate will be a key part of the department leadership team providing thought leadership within the department and division. This position will be responsible for serving as a direct supervisor for 8 to 11 staff members with a diverse skill base, with a diverse sponsor set, and across a geographically broad set of locations. The candidate will work closely with department members in a collaborative working environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated, results-oriented professional. We are seeking people who get excited about the technical challenges of engineering secure solutions and enjoy staff development, coaching, and mentoring. The GL needs to be a strategic thinker, enable business development, and has passion for developing new capabilities in support of MITRE goals to grow our work, grow our team, and grow our organization for a safer world.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for recruiting, hiring, and retaining world class talent to engineer secure solutions.

• Recruiting, hiring, and developing interns and early career employees.

• Develop and cultivate trust across the MPS and MNS divisions leadership.

• Key contributor to work shaping and quality assurance on staff products and deliverables.

• Find and develop meaningful work opportunities for group members.

• Objectively evaluate staff performance on at least an annual basis.

• Mentor and advocate tech staff seeking promotion and career growth.

• Lead the group in support of department and division goals, focusing on growing work, growing teams, and growing the organization.

• Set the standard for servant leadership, demonstrating exemplary traits for improving morale and improving the work climate.

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.

• Excellent writing and communications skills

• Active Department of Defense Top Secret clearance

• Familiarity with emerging assurance technologies

• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-160 Volume 1 Revision 1

• Have knowledge of assurance cases and assurance practices

• Have knowledge of effects-based security engineering techniques and analyses: e.g., loss driven analysis, System Theoretic Process Analysis

• Demonstrated servant leadership

• Demonstrated track record of exemplifying MITRE core values:speed, adaptability, collaboration, and grace & respect

• Familiar with MITRE staff management tools

• Familiar with managing projects or programs and MITRE project management tools

• Track record in coaching, teaching, and mentoring early career data professionals

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with prior MITRE leadership experience: TL, PL, or GL.

• 12+ years of experience in engineering DoD weapon systems.

• Experience with digital engineering

• Experience creating a vision, gaining consensus, establishing a plan, and motivating team members towards productive outcomes.

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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$168,500 - $210,500 - $252,500 Annual

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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