Prescient Edge is seeking a Mid. Risk Mitigation Specialistto support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Mid. Risk Mitigation Specialist

Benefits:
At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities. 
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• The Risk Mitigation Specialist provides near real-time support to assess and mitigate risks and threats.
• This includes collecting and analyzing data sets to validate people, assets, utilities, infrastructure, and the information environment associated with JTF-SREC priorities.
• RM Specialists assess global risks and threats, supporting CI analytics for SOF and HUMINT operations as well as military and commercial supply chain activities.
• Should perform tasks such as:
• Collaborate with CI Analysts to present new or anticipated threats and related probabilities of risks.
• Conduct comprehensive Risk Assessments for proposed intelligence operations, new technologies, or collaborative partnerships to identify potential security and counterintelligence threats.
• Analyze foreign intelligence entity (FIE) threats, tactics, and targeting patterns to inform defensive measures.
• Perform vulnerability analyses of internal processes, operational plans, and technical systems to identify potential weaknesses an adversary could exploit.
• Interview personnel involved in security incidents or anomalies to determine the root cause, scope, and potential damage of a compromise.
• Design and recommend specific countermeasures-procedural, technical, or operational-to reduce identified risks to an acceptable level.
• Create and deliver tailored security, counterintelligence, and OPSEC (Operations Security) briefings for personnel and teams based on their specific roles or mission sets.
• Collaborate with legal, policy, and technical experts to ensure proposed mitigation strategies are effective, compliant, and feasible.
• Conduct periodic inspections and reviews of ongoing activities to ensure that emplaced risk mitigation measures are being adhered to.
• Monitor and report on compliance with agency and IC-wide security policies and directives.
• Track the remediation of identified vulnerabilities and policy deviations, ensuring that corrective actions are completed and effective.
• Review after-action reports from security incidents to identify systemic issues and recommend improvements to agency-wide policy and training.
• Serve as the primary security and risk advisor to leaders and managers of operational, technical, or analytic teams.
• Prepare and present formal risk assessments, findings, and recommendations to senior decision-making bodies and oversight committees.
• Liaise with counterparts in other IC agencies to deconflict activities and share best practices and threat information.