18 days ago
Fairfax, VA, USA or McLean, VA, USASenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$159k - $238k/yr
Responsibilities
- Translate mission needs into ICAM technical requirements, interfaces, and measurable outcomes.
- Design and assess zero-trust-aligned ICAM architectures and reference designs.
- Engineer authentication, authorization, and federation solutions using SAML/OIDC and step-up authentication.
- Manage credentials and trust services, including PKI and certificates.
- Lead identity governance and administration, provisioning, joiner-mover-leaver workflows, and authoritative-source integration.
- Develop and evaluate RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC models, entitlement and attribute strategies, and privileged-access controls.
- Build solutions for constrained environments, including limited connectivity and offline synchronization, and define test, roadmap, and integration strategies.
- Partner with assessors and stakeholders to create auditable solutions mapped to required controls.
- Collaborate with engineers, integrators, and vendors on technology evaluation, trade studies, reusable assets, and mentorship.
Requirements
- BS with 8-10 years of relevant experience, MS with 6-8 years, PhD with 3-5 years, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, collaboration, and technical-judgment skills.
- Ability to work effectively in secure or classified environments.
- Willingness to take and successfully complete a CI polygraph.
- Active Top Secret clearance required, with Top Secret/SCI/polygraph required within one year of hire.
- U.S. citizenship is required for government security-clearance eligibility.
- Experience with systems engineering, including requirements, architecture, integration, and testing, is preferred.
- Preferred background includes Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred qualifications include enterprise security architecture and system-design experience, ICAM and zero-trust expertise, identity and access threat knowledge, and interest in applied research and reusable technical approaches.
- Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits and meaningful career-development opportunities are offered.
- The position is onsite and requires a minimum of four days per week onsite.
- Continued employment is contingent on meeting and maintaining government security-eligibility requirements.
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About MITRE
MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering and applied research organization that operates multiple federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies. It builds prototypes, frameworks (such as the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base), and provides technical guidance across defense, cybersecurity, aviation, and healthcare. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, MITRE runs FFRDCs for sponsors including the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and health agencies.