Information Security Department Head

3 days ago

Bedford, Massachusetts, United States The MITRE Corporation Full time
Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Cyber Defense Director to lead our Information Security team. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for refining the department's mission, vision, and goals; setting the technical direction of the Department's capabilities; attracting, developing, and retaining an outstanding workforce; and overseeing all aspects of project and department performance, technical quality, development, and budget.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in security group operations, including continuous monitoring of systems and alarms, incident response, workflow management, and extensive experience with cyber operations theory, approaches, and supporting technologies. They will also possess excellent analytical skills, demonstrated ability to decompose complex technical problems into manageable portions, identify driving factors in technical decisions, and experience with operational design and tradeoffs balancing interests of business need and risk tolerance.

This role requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site work. The successful candidate will have a top-secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain it within one year from the date of hire.

About MITRE

MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest. We operate R&D centers for the government, creating lasting impact in fields such as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. Our workplace reflects our values: competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth.

Work Environment

As a member of our team, you will have access to a dynamic and inclusive work environment, with opportunities for ongoing training and development, flexible work arrangements, and competitive compensation and benefits. You will also have the chance to work on challenging projects, collaborate with talented colleagues, and make a meaningful contribution to our mission.

Requirements

The selected candidate will need to have:
  • In-depth experience with security group operations, including areas such as continuous monitoring of systems and alarms, incident response, workflow management, etc.
  • Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 10 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 7 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Extensive experience and expertise with cyber operations theory, approaches, and supporting technologies including threat informed defense, cyber deception, cyber threat analysis and information sharing.
  • Experience, thorough familiarity with, and demonstrated success understanding and staying technically current in multiple key security areas such as defending corporate perimeters and Internet-facing systems, both on-prem and cloud, defending user workstations in a variety of configurations including zero trust, next-gen technology such as application-aware firewalls, EDR, Zero Trust.
  • Strong analytical skills. Demonstrated ability to decompose complex technical problems into manageable portions, identify driving factors in technical decisions.
  • Extensive experience with operational design and tradeoffs balancing interests of business need and risk tolerance.
  • Experience with operational security product and service evaluations.
  • Demonstrated success in leading deeply technical InfoSec teams.
  • Demonstrated success working with people and coaching talent.
  • Strong technical writing, editing, and presentation skills including demonstrated ability to articulate complex technical topics and recommendations.
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

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