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Cyber Software Engineer (Intelligence Center)

Top Secret Clearance Jobs, Bedford, Massachusetts, us, 01730


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The IC Scalable Cyber Department in MITRE's Intelligence Center is based out of Bedford, MA. The department manages, guides, and directs approximately 50 technical staff in support of domain-specific work across a variety of our sponsors' missions. The department work program delivers reverse engineering and cyber capabilities for sponsors in partnership with organizations across MITRE National Security (MNS) and MITRE Labs organizations. Our focus is on applying advanced reverse engineering and capability research to maintain and enhance the impact of our sponsors on their core missions. Our staff maintain deep expertise in the relevant complex systems involved, while continuing to grow awareness of new technologies and techniques as the field of cyber and technology evolve. We lead the development and implementation of advanced capabilities that are critical to meeting national security objectives, using a variety of approaches and techniques in the areas of Reverse Engineering and Low-Level Binary Analysis, Cross-Architecture System Analysis, Operating Systems Security, Network Systems and Protocol Analysis, Embedded Systems (such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cellular Devices) and more.

Job Description: The IC Scalable Cyber Department is seeking a Lead engineer to take responsibility for overseeing all aspects of testing and quality assurance to ensure the continued delivery of critical cyber capabilities for our sponsor's mission. Testing and quality include both manual and large-scale automation, as well as a need to continuous introduce new aspects such as performance and complexity variants. This requires deep technical expertise in the technologies and domain and collaboration with all of the components of the project team, such as leadership and individual developers.

Due to the scope of the effort, the task lead is expected to spend a minimum of 75% of their time on this specific project or closely related activities identified by the project lead (partner project, MIP research, etc.).

As a lead member of the project, applicants must have notable experience/expertise in all of the following areas.

Operating System (OS) internals low-level/driver development (Linux/Unix) Development of capabilities in C/C++ and low-level assembly for embedded platforms Debugging and instrumentation of capabilities in embedded environments Reverse engineering and characterization of complex systems Analysis of network systems and protocols Computer networking and security Engagement with sponsors and their industry partners Roles & Responsibilities: The task lead is ultimately responsible for the quality aspect of the delivery of capabilities to the sponsor mission, along with all the dimensions included. That includes, but is not limited to, the following specific items.

Lead the development and maintenance of quality assurance workflows for multiple tasks Contribute significantly to the development and test of technical capabilities delivered Ensure release readiness for sponsor technical deliverables Support engagement with the sponsor and their industry partners Participate in professional development of peer engineering staff Basic Qualifications:

Typically 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. An active TS/SCI clearance Experience managing complex quality assurance requirements for critical sponsor deliverables Experience developing and debugging capabilities in C and assembly in embedded environments Experience with large scale automated testing Experience engaging with sponsors and their industry partners Experience with Operating System internals (Linux/Unix) and driver development This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site. Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with various IDEs (MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, etc.) and collaboration tools Experience with software development principles, tools, and techniques Experience with software development using other higher and lower-level languages Advanced experience with three or more of the basic qualifications High level desire to help their nation solve its most critical challenges Ability to work with others to solve challenging technical problems Experience conducting low-level technical research Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related engineering discipline and hands-on technical experience in cyber capabilities development This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCI

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCI

Work Location Type: Onsite

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