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Design and develop front-end web applications with strong UX focus for sensitive environments. | Senior front-end developer with UX expertise, security clearance, and experience in user-centered design and collaboration. | At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future. Department Summary: MITRE is seeking a Senior UX/UI Engineer to support high-priority IC initiatives requiring front-end web application development. This role requires an active TS/SCI with a polygraph. In this role, you will collaborate with experienced engineers, designers, researchers, and stakeholders to help frame problems, understand mission needs, and translate user insights into intuitive and effective solutions. You will contribute to stakeholder engagement activities—such as discussions, feedback sessions, and iterative design reviews—to ensure solutions align with user and mission objectives. Roles & Responsibilities: The selected candidate will serve as a technical subject matter expert responsible for designing, documenting, developing, and refining interactive, visually engaging, and responsive front-end web applications and interaction designs within highly sensitive Intelligence Community environments. This position supports enterprise-level IC challenges related to technology modernization, data integration, analytic enablement, and secure collaboration. Responsibilities include: • Collaborate directly with IC sponsors and MITRE technical teams to translate complex mission workflows into clear, accessible, and mission-effective user interfaces that support analyst decision-making and reduce cognitive burden. • Ability to work closely with human factors engineers, UX designers, researchers, project leaders, and sponsors to create software prototypes using current front-end technologies and best practices. • Lead or support development of enterprise-grade application front ends for a variety of mission needs including data visualization, workflow automation, analytics and geospatial displays. • Produce and maintain design-system components, interaction specifications, accessibility annotations, and developer-ready handoff documentation as necessary for sponsor engagement. • Ensure performance, usability, and accessibility of application designs. • Present designs and technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Mentor junior developers/designers and contribute to department-wide technical standards. The primary responsibilities of this position must be carried out in person in McLean, Virginia or Bethesda, Maryland. The successful candidate will establish regular presence at MITRE and sponsor locations and may be required to travel within the National Capital Region. Basic Qualifications: • Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI, UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field. • Active TS/SCI clearance with a Polygraph (required at time of hire). • Demonstrated experience as a Front-end web application developer with strong experience in UI/UX, interaction design, visual design, and usability. • Proficiency in front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, D3, JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular, Vue, React, and/or similar libraries • Experience with UI-first rapid prototyping and development approaches. • Experience with CSS frameworks such as Tailwind or Material Design-based libraries. • Deep understanding of usability, accessibility, visual hierarchy, and user-centered design principles. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with geospatial application design (ESRI, open-source geospatial libraries). • Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular and HTMx. • Experience developing web applications with different architectures including server-side rendering (SSR), single page applications (SPAs), and hybrid applications (interactive islands pattern). • Experience working within Linux-based environments, including command line and shell scripting. • Experience using version control systems (Git) and managing code reviews and releases. • Experience developing applications within Intelligence Community environments. • Experience with AWS-managed services and cloud-native architectures. • Experience producing high-quality software documentation and design artifacts. • Familiarity with alternative JavaScript runtimes such as Bun or Deno. This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph 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/Polygraph Salary compensation range and midpoint: $122,400 - $153,000 - $183,600 Annual Work Location Type: Onsite Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. 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Lead systems engineering activities to design, integrate, and transition complex mission systems supporting national security. | Requires 5+ years experience in systems engineering, MBSE and TSE methods, strong communication skills, and active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. | At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future. The Systems and Operations Department (L626) within MITRE’s Systems Engineering Division in the Center for Engineering and Analysis delivers innovative, mission-focused solutions using a multidisciplinary systems engineering approach to address sponsor challenges critical to national security missions. We advance engineering rigor, operational relevance, and mission effectiveness across complex systems and enterprises, with core focus areas in Domain Systems Engineering, Lifecycle Systems Engineering, and Acquisition Systems Engineering. Our teams develop, assess, and transition engineering solutions, provide strategic technical vision, and deliver data-informed recommendations that enable sponsor mission success from tactical through enterprise levels. Roles & Responsibilities: The Systems and Operations Department is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to support government sponsor mission needs across complex and evolving national security environments. The selected candidate will help define, design, architect, integrate, and transition complex mission systems by applying both Traditional Systems Engineering (TSE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods. The role requires the ability to work across technical, operational, acquisition, and programmatic stakeholders to translate mission needs into executable system concepts, architectures, requirements, roadmaps, integration plans, acquisition artifacts, and engineering recommendations. The selected candidate will be expected to: • Apply systems engineering principles across the system development lifecycle, including mission analysis, concept development, system design, architecture definition, requirements development, integration, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition • Lead or support system design and architecture activities by translating sponsor mission needs, operational constraints, and capability gaps into system concepts, functional designs, technical approaches, and implementation options • Develop, assess, and refine system architectures for complex mission systems, including operational views, functional architectures, logical and physical architectures, interfaces, data flows, dependencies, and integration points • Apply TSE and MBSE methods to capture system behavior, structure, requirements, interfaces, constraints, verification relationships, trade space, risks, and technical decisions • Conduct stakeholder engagements, workshops, interviews, and technical working groups to elicit, analyze, document, and validate clear, testable, and traceable mission, system, product, interface, performance, security, and operational requirements • Conduct engineering studies, trade analyses, and gap assessments to evaluate current-state systems, operational processes, technology limitations, interoperability challenges, and opportunities to improve mission outcomes • Support integration, test, verification, validation, deployment planning, and technical transition activities for complex systems, including integration sequencing, test objectives, success criteria, interface dependencies, and deployment readiness considerations • Advise government sponsors and program managers on mission context, capability needs, technical priorities, system roadmaps, technology insertion opportunities, acquisition strategies, and engineering approaches that support program objectives • Support acquisition planning and execution by contributing to Statements of Work, Statements of Objectives, Performance Work Statements, market research, acquisition strategies, evaluation criteria, technical evaluation plans, source selection documentation, and vendor assessments • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and present technical artifacts, architecture briefings, decision papers, trade study results, requirements packages, interface documentation, and engineering recommendations for sponsor and leadership review Basic Qualifications: • Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience • Experience applying systems engineering practices to complex technical, operational, or mission-focused systems • Experience with system design, system architecture modeling, requirements development, interface analysis, integration planning, verification and validation, and technical documentation • Familiarity with both MBSE and traditional systems engineering approaches, including requirements analysis, functional decomposition, interface control, trade studies, risk analysis, technical reviews, and engineering decision support • Ability to develop or review architecture products, requirements specifications, trade studies, technical plans, acquisition artifacts, and engineering recommendations • Ability to work directly with government sponsors, program managers, technical teams, acquisition stakeholders, and mission users • Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to define ambiguous problems, structure technical options, and brief technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to work both collaboratively and independently in a dynamic sponsor environment • Willingness to work at various sponsor locations in the Northern Virginia area as needed • Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph • Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance. • This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site Preferred Qualifications: • Knowledge of intelligence operations, the intelligence lifecycle, and intelligence systems • Experience applying MBSE methods using modeling languages and tools, such as SysML, Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, Sparx EA, or similar platforms • Experience developing SysML diagrams, including block definition diagrams, internal block diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machine diagrams, requirement diagrams, and parametric models • Experience developing or applying systems architecture frameworks, architecture views, interface models, operational models, or enterprise architecture products • Experience advising the federal government on acquisition lifecycle activities, including SOW/SOO development, market research, acquisition planning, technical evaluations, source selection support, or adoption of innovative acquisition approaches • Experience supporting system integration, test planning, verification and validation, deployment readiness planning, or technical transition of mission systems • Experience with digital engineering, mission engineering, enterprise architecture, software-intensive systems, cloud-based systems, data platforms, cybersecurity, or command-and-control systems • Experience leading technical tasks, facilitating stakeholder workshops, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams, or advising senior technical and program leadership • Experience researching, assessing, prototyping, integrating, or supporting the transition of mission technologies such as secure communication protocols, mobile devices, terrestrial and space-based networking, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, or related technologies This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph 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/Polygraph Salary compensation range and midpoint: $121,200 - $151,500 - $181,800 Annual Work Location Type: Onsite Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Design and develop user-centered software solutions collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve user experience and mission outcomes. | Requires 4+ years experience with modern front-end technologies, UX design, accessibility standards, and strong communication skills. | At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future. Department Summary: The department is seeking a Senior UX/UI Engineer who is passionate about designing and developing user-centered software solutions to address our sponsors' unique challenges. In this role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, designers, researchers, and stakeholders to frame complex problems, understand mission needs, and translate user insights into intuitive, scalable, and effective solutions. You will engage directly with sponsors and stakeholders through workshops, design reviews, and iterative feedback sessions to ensure solutions align with user needs and mission objectives. As a Senior UX/UI Engineer at MITRE, you will apply and expand your expertise across UX, UI, front-end engineering, and human-machine teaming while contributing to meaningful projects supporting critical national missions. Our department fosters a collaborative environment that values technical excellence, curiosity, continuous learning, creativity, and a strong commitment to both end users and stakeholders. Our mission is to improve the overall user experience of government-facing technologies while promoting accessibility, safety, and operational efficiency across the system lifecycle. As part of the Software Engineering Innovation Center, you will strengthen your software architecture and engineering skills while designing human-centered, user-focused computing capabilities that address the challenges of our sponsors and deliver meaningful, effective user experiences. Roles & Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to: • Collaborate with human factors engineers, UX designers, researchers, project leaders, and sponsors to design and develop user-centered software solutions using modern front-end technologies and engineering best practices. • Advocate for the end-user, ensuring user-centered design principles are consistently applied throughout the software development cycle. • Provide technical guidance to MITRE teams and sponsors, analyzing software implementation, architecture, and application performance. • Design and develop user interfaces for software and web applications, incorporating user research, usability testing, and stakeholder feedback to improve user effectiveness and mission outcomes. • Lead portions of UX and front-end development efforts, ensuring solutions are maintainable, accessible, scalable, and aligned with project objectives. • Mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers on UX engineering, front-end development, and user-centered design best practices. • Develop wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas, while collaborating with cross-functional teams, including software engineers and product managers, to ensure our products meet user needs. • Develop and maintain design systems, UI standards, and reusable front-end components that promote consistency, accessibility, and scalability across applications. • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend approaches that improve user experience and mission effectiveness. • Present design recommendations and technical solutions to project teams, sponsors, and leadership. Basic Qualifications: • Requires 4+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. • Experience applying modern software engineering practices including Git-based source control, peer code reviews, Agile development methodologies, automated testing, and CI/CD workflows. • Experience developing modern web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and contemporary frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, or similar technologies. • Experience developing accessible web applications that align with WCAG and Section 508 accessibility standards. • Demonstrated experience using UX design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or equivalent platforms. • Demonstrated portfolio or the ability to showcase your UX design work, demonstrating your creativity and problem-solving skills. • Demonstrated ability to evaluate, learn, and apply new technologies to solve complex technical challenges. • Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts, design rationale, and implementation approaches to multidisciplinary teams, sponsors, and stakeholders. • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues. • High level desire to help our nation solve its most critical challenges. • This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site. Preferred Qualifications: • Preference given to candidates who have completed an advanced degree in technical discipline; including but not limited to Computer Science, Human Centered Engineering, UX/UI. • Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance. • Experience conducting usability studies, contextual inquiry, interviews, or human-centered design activities. • Experience applying human-centered design principles to AI-enabled, decision-support, or mission-critical systems. • Experience developing and maintaining design systems or component libraries. • Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with excellent verbal and written communication abilities. • Entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and the curiosity to explore and push the boundaries of software development and software solutions. This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): None This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): None Salary compensation range and midpoint: $129,200 - $161,500 - $193,800 Annual Work Location Type: Onsite It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Lead cross-functional teams to prototype and deploy generative AI solutions for government sponsors. | 5+ years experience, Bachelor's degree, proficiency in Python or Java, experience with LLM technology, and ability to obtain DOD Secret clearance. | Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. The Generative and Agentic AI Engineering Department works across the full range of US Government agencies to develop, engineer, and deploy advanced AI capabilities that address complex mission needs for our sponsors. Our department applies generative AI, agentic AI, and AI/ML research and engineering to operational challenges while researching, prototyping, and transitioning innovative technologies to support critical mission objectives for our sponsors. Our work spans generative AI applications, agentic AI system design, AI model fine-tuning and adaptation, knowledge representation and extraction, AI architectures, MLOps/LLMOps, and human language technology (HLT). The department maintains deep expertise in large language models, agentic AI, autonomous AI workflows and data processing pipelines, computational linguistics, knowledge graph construction, identity resolution and AI/GenAI evaluation. Roles & Responsibilities: The position involves researching, developing, evaluating, and integrating generative AI and agentic AI capabilities. Specific responsibilities will include: Work in and provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams to develop and implement AI solutions, including prototype implementation of capabilities that leverage generative AI, large language model technology and agentic AI capabilities Analyze data and language processing needs and recommend innovative solutions that solve mission-critical problems Prototype AI/GenAI systems or components based on analysis of workflow and operational mission needs and deliver prototype solutions into operational spaces/systems using real mission-relevant data Evaluate technology solutions in the context of mission data and workflow needs, and provide actionable recommendations towards workable solutions for critical problems Convey complex ideas to non-technical audiences through briefings and/or white papers Lead or contribute to small technical teams to solve technical challenges by applying GenAI capabilities Leverage MITRE’s Federal AI Sandbox (NVIDIA DGX SuperPod hardware) and AI Platform to support research, development and evaluation of generative AI capabilities Basic Qualifications: Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, computational linguistics, or related disciplines; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Demonstrated recent experience with large language model (LLM) technology applications in R&D or operational settings Demonstrated experience in prototyping/developing AI components/systems that align with department capabilities (as described above) Ability to apply state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to data and natural language processing challenges Experience with programming languages such as Java or Python Ability to work independently to learn new technologies, methods, processes, frameworks/platforms, and systems Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret clearance within 12 months from the date of hire Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, computational linguistics, or related disciplines Track-record of successful deployment of agentic, generative, and HLT systems or components that have been used by customers or stakeholders outside of a lab/experimental setting Experience leading small to medium sized teams to solve practical technical challenges Active DOD security clearance This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): None This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): Secret Salary compensation range and midpoint: $143,600 - $179,500 - $215,400 Annual Work Location Type: Hybrid It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Lead risk management strategies and policies for critical infrastructure and operational technology systems to support national security. | 10+ years experience, bachelor's degree, active DoD Secret clearance, expertise in OT security and risk frameworks, leadership of multidisciplinary teams. | Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. Our nation’s ability to defend the homeland, deter aggression, and build a resilient Joint force rests on our capacity to identify, prioritize, and successfully field the optimal set of effective, suitable, and survivable systems. We must re-envision national security to keep pace with advanced adversaries, leveraging the entire spectrum of the Nation’s Innovation Base, while creating and leveraging a growing set of new options and authorities for accelerating Joint and whole-of-nation capabilities. That’s where MITRE’s Acquisition Studies & Analysis (ASA) Department comes in. We are a diverse group of defense acquisition experts, operations research / system analysts, cybersecurity professionals, and communication systems engineers– all with a united passion to solve problems for a safer world. We’re experienced professionals who advise senior leaders and decision-makers across the national security enterprise. Our evidence-based work garners visibility and provokes thought and action. We’re team players who build partnerships across government, industry, academia, and research centers. And above all - we bring objectivity, innovation, courage, and technical excellence to help our sponsors make the right decision. Roles & Responsibilities: MITRE’s ASA Department seeks a well-connected and recognized expert on risk management for critical infrastructure systems and associated technology. The ideal candidate will be a credible authority on critical infrastructure risk management, understanding how critical infrastructure supports weapons systems and other associated platforms, understanding of established cyber capabilities (e.g., D3FEND, D3FEND for OT, ATT&CK, ATT&CK for ICS, Crown Jewels Analysis for Control Systems), foundational understanding of operational technologies and control systems, knowledge of established industry standards and guidance (i.e., ISA/IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, NIST 800-30), ability to write reports focused on operational technology security in risk terms, lead complex operational technology related projects across numerous efforts, and develop frameworks, policies, processes, and procedures. You will belong to a high-performing team that regularly initiates and implements projects in support of sponsors’ strategic initiatives, often before a sponsor can fully recognize or articulate that they are needed. The team may publish, speak at high visibility events, and advise senior government officials along with their performers from various organizations. Responsibilities include: Effectively engage and lead sponsors, stakeholders, performers regarding planning, execution, and documentation of workshops, outcomes, and follow on activities. Develop and propose innovative strategies, policies, and processes that improve risk management to critical infrastructure, ranging from programs, portfolios, and enterprise-wide initiatives. Contribute with impact as part of one or more integrated product teams to enable DoW to transition emerging technologies and prototypes into fielded operational capabilities for risk management. Strategically communicate internally and externally on key issues related to critical infrastructure cybersecurity and resilience. Regularly report status updates to government employees along with their performers from various organizations Build and manage relationships between senior sponsors, MITRE, and other stakeholders (Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDCs), University Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs), Industry, academia). Increase collaboration and coordination on critical infrastructure cybersecurity and cyber resilience across federal, state, and industry to improve identified issues within policy, standards, risk management, etc. Provide subject matter expertise and drive consistent risk management capabilities across organizational, country, and bureaucracy boundaries. 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. Experience with broad exposure across the DoW’s critical infrastructure cybersecurity and cyber resilience programs. Track record of providing successful thought leadership in planning, executing, and leading workshops. Experience building coalitions and communities that span multiple organizations across government and the private sector. Strong critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills – comfortable working in dynamic settings where task objectives may evolve, need to be shaped, or creative solutions to task impediments must be identified. Demonstrated ability to work in team settings, to include the ability to mentor and lead small to medium multidisciplinary teams toward significant mission outcomes. Strong interpersonal skills as well as effective verbal and written communication skills. Working familiarity with industry and DoW policies and standards across the critical infrastructure and cyber domains. Knowledge and experience developing and executing frameworks for risk management. Willingness to visit Sponsor sites often for direct engagement and/or meetings. Ability to lead and conduct highly political and dynamic meetings across DoW, defense contractors, industry, and others. Active DoD Secret clearance U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence. Preferred Qualifications: Ability to maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance with access to Secure Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Applied Science or Engineering. Private sector experience defense, technology, or consulting industries. Demonstrated ability to maintain and leverage a strong professional network to provide thought leadership across the enterprise. Demonstrated ability leading critical acquisition modernization or reform efforts with visibility and trust at high levels of government and/or industry. 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): Secret Salary compensation range and midpoint: $172,800 - $216,000 - $259,200 Annual Work Location Type: Hybrid It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Lead cyber intelligence targeting strategy, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor staff. | 10+ years experience, bachelor's degree, active Top Secret/SCI clearance, proficiency in cyber intelligence analysis and communication. | Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. 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 It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Lead research and innovation in cyber intelligence to solve complex security challenges and guide capability development. | Bachelor's degree, 8+ years cyber intelligence experience, active TS/SCI clearance, US citizenship, expertise in MITRE ATT&CK and adversary tradecraft. | Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. Department Summary: MITRE’s Cyber Threat Intelligence department is seeking a Principal Cyber Intelligence Engineer to join our team and apply your skills in support of our government and private sector sponsors. You will advance our research and innovation in cyber intelligence, lead projects and tasks, and collaborate across MITRE to help shape our work and capability. Our staff work with government, industry, and academia, enabling the public and private sector to make better decisions and implement solutions to complex challenges of national and global significance. Roles & Responsibilities: Apply cyber intelligence expertise to help our sponsors solve their hardest problems, ranging from enabling defensive cyber operations, securing weapons systems, assessing threats to critical infrastructure, and analyzing intelligence reporting to enable cyber effects. Help sponsors understand how cyber intelligence fits into mission needstheir organization, whether as a core part of their mission or as an important function in their security organization. Guide sponsors in building and advancing cyber intelligence capabilities and programs. Review sponsor tools and recommend best practices, analytic methodologies, and opportunities to integrate AI. Propose and perform research and development to advance the state of the art in cyber intelligence. Use or contribute to MITRE ATT&CK® to help the global cybersecurity community understand threat behaviors. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience in cyber intelligence, cybersecurity, and related fields; or the equivalent combination of higher education and/or real-world experience. Knowledge of adversary tradecraft and their utilization of cyber operations as a tool of military force and statecraft. Experience with U.S. government cybersecurity agencies, intelligence agencies, authorities, and relationships. Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively mentor teams and collaborate with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrated application of MITRE ATT&CK® within operational environments and other structured frameworks and analytic techniques (e.g., Diamond Model). Familiarity with all-source intelligence databases and analytic tools. Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to pass polygraph Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S Citizenship is required Ability to work onsite minimum of 4 days per week Preferred Qualifications: Experience building and managing CTI teams and overseeing the production of strategic, operational, and tactical products and services. Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs), including configuring TIPs according to stakeholder requirements. Hands on technical expertise in any of the following additional areas: adversary emulation, defensive cyber operations, cyber analytics & malware analysis, cyber deception and adversary engagement, cyber effects and reverse engineering, and cyber forensics. Familiarity with adversarial C2 hardware and software. Familiarity with supporting basic, intermediate, and advanced target development. Familiarity with vulnerability identification Familiarity with network architecture analysis 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/Polygraph Salary compensation range and midpoint: $158,800 - $198,500 - $238,200 Annual Work Location Type: Onsite Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Design and develop front-end web applications and user interfaces for sensitive intelligence community projects. | Requires TS/SCI clearance, 5+ years experience, proficiency in front-end technologies, and strong UX/UI design skills. | Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. Department Summary: MITRE is seeking a Senior UX/UI Engineer to support high-priority ODNI initiatives requiring front-end web application development. This role requires an active TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph. In this role, you will collaborate with experienced engineers, designers, researchers, and stakeholders to help frame problems, understand mission needs, and translate user insights into intuitive and effective solutions. You will contribute to stakeholder engagement activities—such as discussions, feedback sessions, and iterative design reviews—to ensure solutions align with user and mission objectives. Roles & Responsibilities: The selected candidate will serve as a technical subject matter expert responsible for designing, documenting, developing, and refining interactive, visually engaging, and responsive front-end web applications and interaction designs within highly sensitive Intelligence Community environments. This position supports enterprise-level ODNI challenges related to technology modernization, data integration, analytic enablement, and secure collaboration. Responsibilities include: • Collaborate directly with ODNI sponsors and MITRE technical teams to translate complex mission workflows into clear, accessible, and mission-effective user interfaces that support analyst decision-making and reduce cognitive burden. • Ability to work closely with human factors engineers, UX designers, researchers, project leaders, and sponsors to create software prototypes using current front-end technologies and best practices. • Lead or support development of enterprise-grade application front ends for a variety of mission needs including data visualization, workflow automation, analytics and geospatial displays. • Produce and maintain design-system components, interaction specifications, accessibility annotations, and developer-ready handoff documentation as necessary for sponsor engagement. • Ensure performance, usability, and accessibility of application designs. • Present designs and technical solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Mentor junior developers/designers and contribute to department-wide technical standards. The primary responsibilities of this position must be carried out in person in McLean, Virginia or Bethesda, Maryland. The successful candidate will establish regular presence at MITRE and ODNI locations and may be required to travel within the National Capital Region. Basic Qualifications: • Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, HCI, UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field. • Active TS//SCI clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph (required at time of hire). • Demonstrated experience as a Front-end web application developer with strong experience in UI/UX, interaction design, visual design, and usability. • Proficiency in front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, D3, JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular, Vue, React, and/or similar libraries • Experience with UI-first rapid prototyping and development approaches. • Experience with CSS frameworks such as Tailwind or Material Design-based libraries. • Deep understanding of usability, accessibility, visual hierarchy, and user-centered design principles. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with geospatial application design (ESRI, open-source geospatial libraries). • Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular and HTMx. • Experience developing web applications with different architectures including server-side rendering (SSR), single page applications (SPAs), and hybrid applications (interactive islands pattern). • Experience working within Linux-based environments, including command line and shell scripting. • Experience using version control systems (Git) and managing code reviews and releases. • Experience developing applications within Intelligence Community or ODNI environments. • Experience with AWS-managed services and cloud-native architectures. • Experience producing high-quality software documentation and design artifacts. • Familiarity with alternative JavaScript runtimes such as Bun or Deno. This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph 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/Polygraph Salary compensation range and midpoint: $122,400 - $153,000 - $183,600 Annual Work Location Type: Onsite Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Apply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to support decision-making and operational effectiveness in a hybrid work environment. | Bachelor's degree with less than 1 year experience, knowledge of operations research methods, programming, and simulation tools, and U.S. citizenship for security clearance. | Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us. This is an opportunity for a creative Operations Research Analyst to join MITRE’s Operations Research department. We are a large group of over 60 operations research professionals, including over 20 PhDs, who provide thought leadership on a variety of strategic and technical issues, perform analysis that enable our sponsors to make more effective decisions, lead internal research and development activities to bring new technical capabilities into the public sector, and serve as trusted third-party advisors to government sponsors on a variety of technical topics. In short, we apply our problem-solving skills to complex interdisciplinary problems that occur within or at the intersection of organizations, operations, and technology. We support sponsor projects across the defense and public sectors including military logistics, radio-spectrum frequency management, health care delivery, cybersecurity analytics, fraud detection, satellite planning, homeland security and civilian aviation. We apply advanced analytic techniques such as longitudinal analysis, large-scale integer programming, metaheuristics, agent-based modeling, reinforcement learning, predictive modeling, mathematical modeling, forecasting, machine learning, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, Bayesian analysis, and different types of simulation to solve the nation’s toughest problems. And our research pushes the boundaries on topics such as complex scheduling, medical image analysis, and identifying changes in data streams. If you are passionate about project-based OR work in the public interest, you have found the right place. Roles & Responsibilities: • Apply advanced analytical and mathematical techniques to make difficult policy and acquisition decisions, to maximize operational effectiveness and efficiency, and achieve highest quality engineering solutions • Present results in an intuitive, actionable manner that can be understood by all sponsor audiences, regardless of technical expertise • Work independently and/or collaborate with a team of technical staff • Work successfully in a hybrid environment with in-person presence Basic Qualifications: • Degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent knowledge and skills in a related field • Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree. • Be passionate about applying operations research, statistics, and data analytics to real world problems • Be willing to adapt and learn • Show evidence of knowledge of principles, concepts, methods and tools for conducting operations research, statistical analysis, and data analytic studies • Have experience in using tools and techniques to do mathematical modeling, optimization, statistics, probability modeling, and simulation • Demonstrated ability to use at least one optimization package (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX, PuLP, AMPL) • Demonstrated ability to use at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, RStudio, Java) • Demonstrated ability to use at least one simulation platform (e.g., Stella, Simio, Arena, AnyLogic, SimPy, RSimmer) • Must be a U.S. citizen capable of obtaining & maintaining U.S. security clearance • Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for a security clearance. • GPA must be listed for all degrees received within past 3 years • This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence. Preferred Qualifications: • Preference given to qualified candidates with active clearance • Masters degree is preferred. • Experience working with/for agencies and/or departments of the US Government (e.g., FAA, DoD, DoE, DHS, Treasury, IRS) This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s): None This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): Secret Salary compensation range and midpoint: $80,000 - $100,000 - $120,000 Annual Work Location Type: Hybrid It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law. MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply. Benefits information may be found here. Copyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.