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The Cyber and Investigative Operations Department, N951, seeks a collaborative, risk taking, and innovative Project Leader to advance the delivery of high quality, high impact work for our DOJ sponsor. N951 Project Leaders operate with a focus on delivering innovative solutions that enable our sponsors to impose risk and consequences on adversaries operating in cyberspace.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Lead a 1.5 FTE project, Sequoia, to engage and assist the DOJ sponsor as they apply cyber capabilities to their mission combatting transnational organized crime. Specifically the Project Lead will:

• Lead research into encrypted mobile communications and applications to identify potential avenues to seed distrust amongst criminal organizations through technical means.

• Build and maintain relationships with our DOJ sponsors

• Develop a thorough understanding of the customer’s mission, environment, and critical challenges.

• Assist in shaping project work to address our sponsor’s most critical mission challenges and alignment with the portfolio strategy.

• Ensure development of data-driven technical products and actionable solutions to support our Sponsor’s most critical challenges and outcomes.

• Contribute to the technical work program.

• Maintain a presence at the Sponsor Site – Washington, DC

• Mentor project staff

• Connect MITRE’s internal research and its connections across Government to bring sophisticated capabilities that address sponsor’s mission needs

Basic Qualifications:

• Strong technical experience in one or more of the following areas: mobile communications, software development/engineering, computer science, and/or cyber operations.

• Understanding of DOJ sponsor environment

• Ability to think outside the box and be willing to explore new research and technical domains to include 5G, SIM cards, and mobile communications.

• Typically a Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience; or 2 years and a Master’s degree or 1 year and a PhD.

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills, including effective technical presentation skills.

• Solid systems engineering skills.

• Experience leading a small-size multi-disciplined team.

• Experience operating in support of Senior Executives and law enforcement staff.

• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain trusted sponsor relationships.

• Proven team builder with ability to work across Program Division and MITRE Labs bringing required staffing resources to bear.

• Proven ability to provide objective solutions and recommendations to address critical sponsor challenges.

• Active Secret with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.

• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two or more years’ experience supporting the DOJ.

• Ability to quickly respond to changing program and political environment while keeping strategic focus intact

• An active TS/SCI clearance is desirable

  This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Secret

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:

Hybrid

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