Lead Network Engineer

The MITRE Corporation • New Bedford, MA

41d • $147,200 - $220,800 • Onsite

About The Position

MITRE's Enterprise and Tactical Networking department is seeking talented network engineers to lead projects and project teams and leverage expertise in enterprise networking, network security, automation, and infrastructure architecture to address complex technical challenges for a wide range of sponsor organizations. Candidates will lead and contribute to:
Network Design: Defining validated designs for networks with details required for implementation
Software-Defined / Virtual Networks: Configuring, deploying, testing and validating the latest technologies in software-defined and virtualized networks as well as “traditional” networking
Mission Security and Assurance: Conducting cybersecurity risk assessments of proposed and existing designs to evaluate security posture, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and recommend mitigation strategies
Network Data Analytics: Designing, implementing, and enhancing network monitoring and data collection capabilities to provide visibility into performance, availability and operational health
Network Modeling, Simulation and Analysis: Developing and applying network modeling, simulation, emulation, and test methodologies to validate design assumptions, analyze traffic patterns, assess resiliency, and predict performance and scalability outcomes
Tactical and Thread-Informed Networking: Leading the development of solutions for coupling non-traditional, external threat feeds into traditional network routing parameters (i.e., bandwidth, delay, throughput) to better influence communications paths in challenging network environments
MITRE Lead Network Engineer leads a project and / or teams in the design, implementation, testing, validation, and modernization of secure, resilient, and scalable network environments spanning LAN/WAN, data center, and tactical operations use cases. The role requires leadership skills, strong collaboration, technical rigor, and the ability to translate sponsor and mission needs into practical engineering solutions.

Requirements

• 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.
• Must have active Top Secret Clearance and be able to obtain TS/SCI Clearance.
• Must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.
• Network Design: Defining designs that enable secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable solutions, including target-state designs, technology standards and compliance frameworks related to network design, operational processes, implementation artifacts
• Software-Defined / Virtual Networks: Some areas of software-defined and virtualized networks, as well as “traditional” networking protocols and concepts, such as IPv4/IPv6, Interior gateway routing protocols (e.g., OSPF), SD-WAN, Docker Swarm / Kubernetes, Zero-trust and network segmentation, Identity management
• Mission Security and Assurance: Conducting and providing Risk assessments, Threat and vulnerability identification, Mitigation strategy recommendations
• Network Data Analytics: Applying advanced data analytics and machine learning models for anomaly detection, performance optimization, and root cause analysis. Monitoring, troubleshooting and managing networks using SNMP and / or Syslog, NetFlow/IPFIX, streaming telemetry, APIs and dashboards
• Network Modeling, Simulation and Analysis: Supporting technical decision-making regarding design, scalability and predicted performance using network modeling, simulation / emulation, lab / virtualized environments
• Technical Reporting and Communications: Clearly communicate technical findings, methodologies, and project outcomes through written reports, briefings, and demonstrations for sponsors and internal teams.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science related discipline, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Professional or expert level networking certification(s) such as a CCNP/CCIE or JNCIP/JNCIE.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, presentation, and writing skills
• The ability to build collaborative and mutually beneficial working relationships with people of different backgrounds.
• Knowledge of, or hands-on experience in: Network Automation and Embedded Technologies: Experience with non-traditional enterprise network architectures, such as ad-hoc, mobile deployed networks and large-scale sensor networks as well as protocols such as named data networking and publish / subscribe that facilitate efficient communications over potentially unreliable connection paths.
• Virtualization and Continuous Integration: Experience with DevOps paradigms supported by virtualization, containerization, cloud and serverless architectures
• Software Development and Automation: Experience using languages like Go, C++, Python, and JavaScript. Strong proficiency in scripting and automation using tools and frameworks like Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, and Bash. Experience with version control systems, particularly Git, for source code management, collaboration, and CI/CD workflow integration.
• Embedded Networks: Experience with Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and / or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, including protocols and regulatory compliance frameworks such as Modbus, DNP3, OPC, BACnet, NERC CIP, IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82
• Tactical and Thread-Informed Networking: Experience integrating distributed and centralized network control algorithms and / or integrating external inputs to “traditional” network path decision logic to facilitate non-standard (i.e., not “shortest path first”) routing.
• Network Modeling, Simulation and Analysis: Experience with network modeling, simulation, emulation, and test methodologies to validate design assumptions and predict performance.

Responsibilities

• Defining validated designs for networks with details required for implementation
• Configuring, deploying, testing and validating the latest technologies in software-defined and virtualized networks as well as “traditional” networking
• Conducting cybersecurity risk assessments of proposed and existing designs to evaluate security posture, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and recommend mitigation strategies
• Designing, implementing, and enhancing network monitoring and data collection capabilities to provide visibility into performance, availability and operational health
• Developing and applying network modeling, simulation, emulation, and test methodologies to validate design assumptions, analyze traffic patterns, assess resiliency, and predict performance and scalability outcomes
• Leading the development of solutions for coupling non-traditional, external threat feeds into traditional network routing parameters (i.e., bandwidth, delay, throughput) to better influence communications paths in challenging network environments
• Lead a project and / or teams in the design, implementation, testing, validation, and modernization of secure, resilient, and scalable network environments spanning LAN/WAN, data center, and tactical operations use cases.
• Demonstrates the ability to lead technical teams or initiatives, including task decomposition, technical direction, and mentoring of other engineers.
• Clearly communicate technical findings, methodologies, and project outcomes through written reports, briefings, and demonstrations for sponsors and internal teams.
• Actively participate in internal MITRE technical exchange events focused on emerging trends in networking and service management.

Benefits

• competitive benefits
• exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth
• culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior