Network Engineer

MITRE Network Engineer Opportunity

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are 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. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE - and make a difference with us.

Department Summary

The L614 - Intelligent Network Services Department within MITRE Technology and Engineering specializes in complex network challenges vital to national well-being. Our work involves researching, developing, and applying advanced technologies in core areas such as:

• Enterprise Network Engineering
• Network Security
• Network Management and Orchestration
• Network Modeling and Simulation
• AI Infrastructure and Data Center Networking
• Infrastructure Virtualization and Containerization
• Software Development
• IT Service Management (ITSM)

By integrating deep technical expertise across networking and ITSM, we provide our federal sponsors with comprehensive solutions that enable their mission outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities

MITRE's Intelligence Network Services department is seeking talented Network Engineers to join our team 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 contribute to the design, implementation, testing, validation, and modernization of secure, resilient, and scalable network environments spanning LAN/WAN, data center, and emerging AI infrastructure use cases. The role requires strong collaboration, technical rigor, and the ability to translate mission needs into practical engineering solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires 10 years or more related experience with a related Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, related discipline, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Active Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret security clearance and DHS suitability.
• This position requires a minimum of 80% hybrid on-site.
• Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, related discipline, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• 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.
• Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, ITIL

Knowledge of, or hands-on experience in:

• AI Infrastructure & Data Center Networking : Designing, deploying, validating, and optimizing AI infrastructure, including the network architecture required for AI data centers. Experience should include high-bandwidth, low-latency network design for large-scale east-west traffic patterns, fabric architectures such as leaf-spine, and technologies such as high-speed Ethernet and/or InfiniBand, RDMA/RoCE, network segmentation, load balancing, resiliency, and performance testing to support AI/ML training and inference workloads.
• Software Development & Automation : Experience using languages like C++, Python, and JavaScript. Experience with scripting and automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, and Bash with development and administration in Linux environments.

Salary Compensation Range and Midpoint

$162,400 - $203,000 - $243,600 Annual

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.