Req ID 17770BR
Job Title Principle Cyber Network Engineer (Analyst)
Location VA: Chantilly
Profession Information Technology
Department Code G121
Purpose Looking to make a difference while building a technically challenging and exciting lifelong career? Look no more - join MITRE, a Fortune "100 Best Company to Work For" for the 10th year in a row. Play a leading role, overseeing dynamic teams working with key members of law enforcement. Leverage your experience and skills to have a direct impact on national and global security. Your ideas and leadership will contribute to real-world, tangible outcomes, leading and advancing the state-of-the art in network intrusion forensics and analysis.
Were looking for an experienced mission-driven teammate who will lead technical teams supporting national Law Enforcement (LE) and Intelligence Community (IC) missions. Leave business development to the for-profit contractors and come join a Federally Funded Research and Development Center focused on making a difference where it counts.
This position will be located at MITRE and customer facilities in Chantilly, VA.
Security Clearance Level SCI
Key Functions The selected candidate will lead a small team in support of in-depth technical analysis of network intrusion incidents as part of a larger, top-notch MITRE/government team, utilizing leading edge network, system, visualization, and media analysis tools. (FC01-BB)
Required Education/Experience: BS and 7 years of related experience or MS and 4 years of related experience or PhD and 2 years of related experience
Desired Education/Experience B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field (M.S. preferred), and 10+ years of related experience. Previous leadership experience in network security, incident response, intrusion detection, programming, forensics, protocol analysis, vulnerability assessments, malware, and/or analytic tools.
Required Skills: Demonstrated leadership and experience in analyzing complex computer/network incidents or intrusions.
Ability to analyze and synthesize across a broad spectrum of computer and network-related disciplines and operations.
Experience providing technical leadership of teams of network/cyber analysts.
Demonstrated knowledge of network security and network forensics.
Hands-on network/packet-level examination and protocol analysis experience (Wireshark, Hex Editor, Snort, tcpdump, NMAP, iptables, etc.).
In-depth knowledge and experience with TCP/IP and the OSI Model.
Experience demonstrating knowledge of typical working networks (e.g., systems administration, network administration, intrusion detection).
Network administration knowledge (TCP/IP, routing, IPv[4,6], firewalls, common service ports).
Knowledge of multiple operating systems (e.g., Windows, Unix, Linux, OSX).
Perl, PHP, Python, C, C++, bash, shell and/or Java programming/scripting language experience.
Database experience (MySQL, SQL, Oracle)
Experience working in customer environment.
Desired Skills Intrusion response, detection, or prevention, computer network defense experience.
Malware analysis, data recovery, information security assurance, network forensics, hacking techniques, digital forensics experience.
Knowledge of hacking tools and techniques (buffer overflows, ARP poisoning, browser attacks, phishing/spamming, DNS poisoning, MetaSploit, nmap).
Experience leveraging advanced tools such as Encase, Sleuthkit, FTK, Helix, Analyst Notebook, Centrifuge, Palintir or visualization/visual analysis/entity extraction tools.
In-depth (kernel and module level) experience of multiple operating systems such as Unix, Linux, OSX and Windows.
Internet services administration knowledge (DNS, IRC, SMTP, HTTP, FTP, ssh), systems administration experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of law enforcement rules and procedures a strong plus.
Familiarity with intelligence community and associated systems a plus.
Travel Statement This position may require some local travel and has the possibility for occasional overnight travel.
Clearance Statement *Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, MITRE will consider only applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.
