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Cyber Resilience and Operations Associate Researcher

Lexington, MA • On-site

MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools • 10K+ employees
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Full-time

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Job Summary:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Cyber Resilience and Operations Associate Researcher to help defend the nation in cyberspace. The role involves performing analysis, developing technology, and building software for operational cyber security systems while collaborating with a skilled research team.
Responsibilities:
• Quantifying risk posed by adversary cyber threats to key national security missions
• Enhancing the cyber security and resilience of critical infrastructure and other operational technology
• Protecting and defending U.S. weapon systems in cyber contested environments
• Helping the nation’s cyber operators do their jobs better, faster, and at greater scale
• Creating game-changing capabilities for defensive cyberspace operations
Qualifications:
Required:
• A Master’s degree, or a Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years of experience in Computer Science, Computer Security, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on difficult, open-ended problems in cyber security and defense with interdisciplinary technical teams
• Motivation to identify underlying technical problems and proactively pursue viable solutions
• Experience in modern programming languages such as Python, Rust, or Java
• Experience in modern software engineering practices such as agile and DevSecOps
• Solid grasp of core cybersecurity concepts (threat modeling, secure software development, network/host defense, etc..)
• Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret level DoD security clearance.
Preferred:
• Experience with applying AI to engineering or research workflows—either as a research tool or as an augmentation to routine engineering tasks
• Hands-on experience developing or deploying systems that use generative and/or agentic AI
• Understanding of container technologies and usage of modern software architectures
• Familiarity with Zero Trust security principles and design
• Understanding of cloud services and platforms
• UI development experience
• Academic or professional research experience and/or publication in the areas of computer security or defensive cyberspace operations
Company:
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security. Founded in 1951, the company is headquartered in Lexington, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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