Associate Network Engineer

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in Bedford, MA is seeking an Associate Network Engineer to contribute to mission-driven networking projects across SDN/NFV, data analytics, and automation. You will develop prototypes, join collaboration teams, and assess emerging technologies in a high-security environment.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s in CS/EE/CE/Data Science, 1+ year of related experience, and eligibility for Top Secret clearance. On-site work four days a week and strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science related discipline.
• Interest in complex multi-disciplinary problems and willingness to learn new tools/concepts.
• Hands-on, mission-driven work spanning design, prototyping through testing and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop prototypes of intelligent network capabilities in MITRE labs.
• Collaborate on research teams using commercial and MITRE technologies.
• Conduct performance assessments of current and emerging technologies.
• Perform data wrangling, cleaning, reporting and visualization in data science workflows.
• Scale solutions across large enterprises and data sets.
• Analyze data from network sensor systems and integrate additional data sources.

Skills

Programming (Python/Java/R)

SDN/NFV concepts

Data analysis

Machine learning concepts

Data streaming/batch workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Electrical/Computer Engineering or Data Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Chef

Puppet

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high‑impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

The L616 – Enterprise and Tactical Networking 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:

• Network architecture and design
• Software‑defined / Virtual networks (SDN/NFV)
• Network reliability, resilience, mission security and assurance, network data analytics
• E2E network MS&A, T&E, AFSIM
• Embedded networks (IoT, IC­S, SCADA)
• Tactical and threat‑informed networking
• Machine Learning and AI‑driven network analytics

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

Roles & Responsibilities

L616 Enterprise and Tactical Networking department is seeking talented Associate Network Engineers to make impactful contributions to mission‑driven projects alongside experienced engineers and researchers. Typical activities may include:

• Develop prototypes of intelligent network capabilities in MITRE advanced labs
• Work on collaborative research teams to develop innovative solutions using commercial and MITRE developed technologies
• Conduct performance assessments of current and emerging technologies
• Execute data science research beginning at data wrangling and cleaning all the way through to reporting and visualization
• Scale solutions to work across large enterprises and large data sets
• Analyze data from network sensor systems and integrate additional data sources for improved outcomes
• Communicate technical approach and findings to internal and external stakeholders

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science related discipline
• Interest in complex multi‑disciplinary problems
• Willingness and ability to learn new tools/concepts
• The candidate will engage in hands‑on, mission‑driven work. Responsibilities span the full solution lifecycle - from design and prototyping through testing, implementation, and monitoring - across various networking use cases and solutions
• Typically requires a minimum of 1 year of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exposure to network programmability concepts such as software define networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and programmable data planes
• Exposure to virtualization, automation and DevOps architectures such as Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Chef and Puppet
• Ability to apply, modify and formulate algorithms and processes to solve challenging problems
• Knowledge of various machine learning paradigms (deep learning, reinforcement learning, neural networks, etc.) with an understanding of mathematical underpinnings of various models
• Hands‑on software development skills in a modern programming language (e.g. Python, R, Scala, Java)
• Working knowledge of data science workflow from data acquisition to reporting findings
• Strong understanding of streaming and batch data workflows, including message queues, processing directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) and data stores.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s)

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s)

Top Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint

$80,400 - $100,500 - $120,600 Annual

Work Location Type

Onsite

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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