Cyber Security Engineer
Mclean, VA

Job Description

Ready to start your career in cyber security? Come join MITRE InfoSec's Customer Engagement team where you'll help keep our company safe, learn skills and knowledge in many areas of cyber security, while helping to achieve MITRE mission goals and initiatives. Our team is seeking a passionate, conscientious, and customer-focused candidate to strengthen our team even further. As part of the Customer Engagement team, your role will focus on compliance and remediation, vulnerability management, and employee outreach. You'll work with employees and project teams within the company to ensure system vulnerabilities are addressed and patched. You'll team up with our Operational teams to identify risks, understand the impacts, and work with staff to mitigate the risks. If you're ready to be part of our dynamic team to help keep MITRE safe, apply for the position and join us!

Key Functions of the Role

* Task lead for Continuous Monitoring, - Monitor and manage compliance for all systems within InfoSec's Continuous Monitoring program. Also participate in project efforts to improve continuous monitoring efforts for all customers.
* Task lead for Application Whitelisting efforts - Provide first level customer support and troubleshooting for the application Whitelist request process.
* Task Lead for Compliance Sprints - Work with management and Operational teams to identify risks and vulnerabilities that require immediate action
* Service Request management Back-up role - Provide support for creation and escalation of all InfoSec related service requests

Required Qualifications

* General knowledge of industry security frameworks
* Some technical knowledge of networks, operating systems, and/or applications
* Good time management skills and ability to handle multiple tasks
* Strong writing & communication skills, with attention to details

Preferred Qualifications

* Analytical Thinking and Decisive Judgment - analyzing issues and problems systematically, gathering broad and balanced input, drawing sound conclusions and translating conclusions into timely decisions and actions.
* Drive for Results: Makes things happen; Is proactive; balances "analysis" with "doing"; sets high standards for self
* Must be a self-starter and work independently with minimal supervision
* Experience in conducting cyber related investigations