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This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies - collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose - and help shape the future.The Cyber Engineering division advances threat-informed approaches that help sponsors understand cyber risk, strengthen security, and improve resilience across complex systems and missions.\nThe Security Automation and Cyber Assessments department brings together assessment, threat, engineering, and automation expertise. We work with sponsors to frame consequential questions, evaluate risk, test preparedness, and turn findings into practical improvements.\nThe department seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Assessment Engineer to guide multidisciplinary cyber assessment programs across MITRE portfolios. This role sets direction, coordinates sponsors and partners, assures deliverable quality, and helps leaders act on evidence.\nRoles & Responsibilities:\nLead cybersecurity assessment engagements from planning through delivery, defining objectives, scope, work plans, team roles, resource needs, milestones, and quality standards with sponsors and internal partners.\nDirect risk assessments that bring together threat intelligence, vulnerabilities, security controls, operational context, and potential mission impacts; prioritize findings and recommend feasible risk-reduction actions.\nDesign and facilitate tabletop exercises, scenario-based workshops, and after-action reviews to test decisions, coordination, and response plans; assign owners and track improvements.\nCoordinate work across government sponsors, MITRE teams, contractors, and other partners; build trusted relationships, resolve dependencies, and keep stakeholders aligned on decisions and delivery.\nProvide day-to-day direction and mentorship to analysts and technical specialists on project teams; review assessment methods, analysis, and written products for rigor, consistency, and usefulness.\nDevelop assessment roadmaps, progress measures, executive briefings, and decision-ready reports; communicate uncertainty, tradeoffs, and recommended next steps to technical and nontechnical audiences.\nGuide appropriate use of security assessment methods and tools, including control reviews, vulnerability data, security monitoring, and automation, to support evidence-based recommendations.\nBasic Qualifications:\nTypically 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.\nBachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. \nExperience planning and leading assessments or preparedness activities, such as risk reviews, workshops, tabletop exercises, or after-action efforts, and driving recommendations to completion at a state, national, or international level.\nWorking knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and assessment practices, including threats, vulnerabilities, security controls, and risk frameworks; ability to direct technical specialists and evaluate their outputs.\nStrong project coordination, analytical writing, facilitation, and executive communication skills, with experience briefing findings and recommendations to diverse audiences.\nMust be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. 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