Lead Network Engineer

The MITRE Corporation • McLean, VA

3d • $158,800 - $238,200 • Onsite

About The Position

MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities for career growth, and a culture of innovation that embraces adaptability, collaboration, technical excellence, and people in partnership. The team seeks a full-time Lead Network Engineer to support the deployment, operation, and maintenance of IT systems in Classified lab environment. This is a role best suited for someone who has prior experience working as a classified Network Engineer. This is an on-premises position on our McLean Va campus.

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.
• Familiarity with scripting and automation tools, including batch scripts, PowerShell, automation with PDQ Inventory/Deploy, Ansible, Chef, or other similar tools
• Experience with STIGs and system hardening through Group Policy and/or automation
• Experience with VMware vCenter/vSphere, and VDI implementations using VMware Horizon
• Experience with Cisco and Juniper Network Switches and devices
• Experience with building, managing and patching Palo Alto firewalls.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective technical and support documentation to include design & test plans, implementation plans, and automation plans using standard templates (where existing) or proposing & creating new templates where needed
• Ability to review operational metrics and make analytic decisions/recommendations about operational infrastructure performance
• Active a DoD TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly within a year.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on site.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of experience in Network Engineering
• Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph clearance (required to have or obtain within one year from the date of hire)

Responsibilities

• Supporting many classified infrastructures as well as standalone environments.
• Implementing and maintaining NIST 800-53 Security Controls / RMF compliance in each environment along with additional security lockdowns if required and ensure the accreditation is enforced and in compliance in all environments.
• Provide guidance for hardware/software purchases when requested.
• Work with project leads to ensure their environment compliant and meeting the requirements of the end-users.
• Provide top level technical support and vision.
• Provide task leadership for a small team that supports both the infrastructures and manages end user issues.
• Deploy all hardware/software configurations following established standards in a auditable method.

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