3 days ago
McLean, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$173k - $259k/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, federation, credential, PKI, certificate, and trust services.
- Lead Identity Governance and Administration, including 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 with limited connectivity and offline synchronization.
- Define test strategies, roadmaps, and integration plans.
- Partner with security assessors and stakeholders to ensure auditable solutions map to required controls.
- Collaborate with engineers, integrators, and vendors on technology evaluations, trade studies, reusable assets, and mentorship.
Requirements
- Typically requires 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, 8 years with a master’s degree, 5 years with a PhD, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Must have an active Top Secret U.S. government-issued security clearance and be a U.S. citizen to be considered for security clearance.
- Must meet and maintain government security eligibility requirements for continued employment.
- Requires strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, collaboration, and technical judgment skills.
- Must be able to work effectively in secure or classified environments.
- Preferred qualifications include a degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred qualifications include systems engineering experience across requirements, architecture, integration, and testing, plus familiarity with development lifecycles.
- Preferred qualifications include experience applying security principles to enterprise architecture and system design and strong understanding of ICAM supporting a Zero Trust model.
- Preferred qualifications include familiarity with threats and attack patterns relevant to identity and access systems, applied research interest, and TS/SCI eligibility.
Benefits
- MITRE offers competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
- The position is onsite and requires a minimum of four days per week onsite.
- Continued employment is contingent upon 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.