Risk Mitigation Specialist-Expert
Core
Provide near real-time support to assess and mitigate risks and threats for government customers, validating people, assets, utilities, infrastructure, and the information environment.
Role type
Senior IC Risk Mitigation Specialist (Government/Defense)
Builds
Security and counterintelligence mitigation strategies for SOF, HUMINT operations, and supply chain activities
Domain
National Security / Defense Intelligence / Counterintelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery
Required skills
Risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, threat analysis, FOCI mitigation, security policy compliance, root cause analysis, strategic advisory, executive reporting, cross-agency liaison
Preferred skills
Analytic leadership, problem definition, data collection and analysis, independent oversight, policy development
Technologies
CI analytics tools, security policy frameworks, FOCI evaluation systems
Responsibilities
Conduct comprehensive risk assessments for intelligence operations and new technologies; Analyze foreign intelligence entity threats and targeting patterns; Interview personnel involved in security incidents to determine root causes; Design and recommend countermeasures to reduce risks; Create and deliver security and OPSEC briefings; Monitor compliance with security policies and track remediation of vulnerabilities; Serve as primary security advisor to senior leaders; Prepare formal risk assessments for decision-making bodies.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope