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# Defensive Cybersecurity Engineer/Blue Team

- **Company:** MITRE Corporation
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $158,800.0 - $198,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, Cyber Security, Scripting, Mitre Att&ck, Backend, Cyber Warfare, Splunk, Blue Team (Cyber Security)
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9059809/defensive-cybersecurity-engineerblue-team

## About the Role

* Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
 * Significant experience with Splunk, including both backend administration and detection/content development.
 * Experience developing scripts and integrating APIs to automate cyber operations and security workflows.
 * Knowledge of cyber security operations and cyber security principles and their application
 * Demonstrated experience conducting proactive cyber threat hunting across enterprise environments.
 * Strong understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting technical analysis to both technical and executive audiences.
 * Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government clearance security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
 * Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with poly
 * Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements for a clearance, U.S Citizenship is required
 * This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

 * Experience supporting or developing capabilities within the Augury platform
 * Experience developing advanced Splunk analytics, detections, dashboards, and security content.
 * Experience with cyber automation, orchestration, and Security Operations Center (SOC) modernization initiatives
 * Experience with Elastic/ELK
 * Experience using MITRE ATT&CK®
 * Experience using or developing AI tools and techniques for defensive cyber operations



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