Senior Network Engineer - Onsite, Mission-Critical Networking

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE’s Enterprise and Tactical Networking Department seeks talented Senior Network Engineers to join our team and leverage expertise in enterprise networking, network security, automation, and infrastructure architecture to address complex technical challenges for sponsor organizations.

This role emphasizes design, SDN/NFV, mission security, data analytics, modeling, and end-to-end engineering across LAN/WAN, data center, and tactical operations, with strong collaboration and practical

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years with a Master’s; or PhD with relevant experience.
• Eligible to obtain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance and be a U.S. citizen.
• On-site four days per week; hands-on, mission-driven work across the full solution lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Network Design: define validated designs with implementation details.
• Software-Defined/Virtual Networks: configure, deploy, test, and validate SDN/NFV and traditional networks.
• Mission Security and Assurance: conduct risk assessments, identify threats, and mitigation plans.
• Network Data Analytics: monitor and analyze network performance and health.
• Modeling/Simulation/Analysis: apply modeling and emulation to validate designs and predict performance.
• End-to-End Network Engineering: contribute to secure, scalable LAN/WAN, data center, and tactical operations.

Skills

Network Design

SDN/NFV

Security & Assurance

Data Analytics

Reporting & Communications

Knowledge Sharing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Bash

Git

Splunk

Elasticsearch

Grafana

Kibana

Power BI

Job description

MITRE’s Enterprise and Tactical Networking Department seeks talented Senior Network Engineers to join our team and leverage expertise in enterprise networking, network security, automation, and infrastructure architecture to address complex technical challenges for sponsor organizations.

This role emphasizes design, SDN/NFV, mission security, data analytics, modeling, and end-to-end engineering across LAN/WAN, data center, and tactical operations, with strong collaboration and practical