Cyber Intelligence Targeting Capability Area Lead

The MITRE Corporation

$172K — $259K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent education and experience.
  • Strong understanding of cybersecurity missions and challenges with MITRE sponsors.
  • Excellent communication skills with a passion for promoting team initiatives.
  • Knowledge of Target System Analysis and established targeting doctrine.
  • Experience in cyber target intelligence and systems analysis, including gravity assessment.
  • Familiarity with collection management processes and intelligence requirements.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance is mandatory.

Responsibilities

  • Guide and execute the capability area strategy in coordination with engineering leads.
  • Represent the capability area to partner divisions and develop sponsor presentations.
  • Foster a culture of innovation by organizing training and mentoring staff.
  • Collaborate with other CALs on shared tools and frameworks to enhance tradecraft.
  • Drive impact by shaping work to meet sponsor needs and conducting briefings.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work model requiring a minimum of 50% on-site presence.
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.
  • Collaboration with top experts in cyber intelligence and operations.
  • Participation in conferences and external audience engagements.
Full Job Description
Department Summary:

The Cyber Operations Division (L510) is seeking a Capability Area Lead (CAL) for the Cyber Intelligence Targeting Capability Area. The CAL is responsible for developing and executing the strategy for this capability. This is a leadership role that requires close collaboration with department and division leadership, other CALs, staff across the company working in the domain, relevant Research Program Leads, and portfolio, and program division staff with sponsor opportunities related to the capability area.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Key functions of this role include:
  • Guiding capability area strategy and coordination: The CAL builds and executes the capability strategy in coordination with the Tier 2 Cyber Intelligence Capability Chief Engineer (CCE), prioritizing research, identifying and promoting re-usable analytic tools and tradecraft, and ensuring the quality of work done in this area across MTE. The CAL also collaborates with the CAL for Threat Emulation and Exercises on shared tools, frameworks, and tradecraft, and builds working relationships with Tier 1 and Tier 2 capabilities that draw on target and adversary understanding, including Hard Targets and Technical Tradecraft, Critical Infrastructure Resilience, and Cryptography, Identity, and Data Protection.
  • Driving impact across the work program: The CAL represents the capability area and, more broadly, the division's work in that area to partner divisions, programs, and sponsors. It requires developing and delivering sponsor briefings, shaping and helping to staff work to meet the needs of the sponsor, and promoting external publication and sponsor presentations.
  • Fostering a community of excellence and innovation: The CAL is the focal point and thought leader for the capability's work in the division. The CAL organizes TEMs, trainings, and grows the division's skillset across both operational functions, and engages with the internal R&D program to help shape research priorities and mentor staff from ideation through proposal and execution, with a focus on improving analytic tools and workflows that raise individual analyst throughput. The CAL participates in hiring activities related to the capability area and advocates for the capability and the team through direct work, conference presentations, and open-source development.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 5 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  • Understanding of the missions, domains, and challenges of cybersecurity work with MITRE sponsors.
  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills and a keen desire to learn. An open attitude to promoting the work of others.
  • Knowledge of Target System Analysis, established targeting doctrine, and MITRE's work in offensive cyber operations.
  • Experience conducting and scoping cyber target intelligence and systems analysis, including centers of gravity assessment.
  • Experience with collection management and access-oriented support, including intelligence requirements and target network access conditions.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
  • Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S Citizenship is required.
  • This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience improving analytic tools, tradecraft, or workflows against target intelligence and systems analysis problems.
  • Demonstrated track record building strong internal and external partnerships, including across interagency technical cyber intelligence roles, responsibilities, and authorities.


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

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$172,800 - $216,000 - $259,200 Annual

Work Location Type:
Hybrid

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