Senior Network Engineer — SD-WAN, Cloud & Security Lead

MITRE; Fairborn (OH); On-site; USD 147,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE leads national security and advanced technology initiatives, seeking a Lead Network Engineer to guide SD-WAN and cloud architectures, ensuring secure, resilient networks across classified environments.

Role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, architecture leadership, and collaboration with government sponsors to deliver mission-critical capabilities. Requires DoD clearance and on-site presence, with opportunities in data analytics and lab oversight.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 6 years with a Master’s, or 3 years with a PhD.
• DoW 8140 IAT Level II certification (Security+ or equivalent) within 3 months of hire.
• Active Secret clearance with Top Secret/SCI eligibility; U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Define validated network designs and implementation artifacts.
• Configure and test SD-WAN, cloud networks, and traditional networking.
• Perform risk assessments and mitigation recommendations for security.
• Design network data analytics and dashboards for visibility.
• Develop solutions for non-traditional threat inputs to routing.
• Oversee lab environments and cross-cutting experimentation, on-site.

Skills

SD-WAN

Cloud architecture

Network security

Kubernetes

Automation

Network design

Monitoring & analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree

Tools

SNMP

Syslog

Wireshark

Grafana

Kibana

Power BI

Git

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

MITRE leads national security and advanced technology initiatives, seeking a Lead Network Engineer to guide SD-WAN and cloud architectures, ensuring secure, resilient networks across classified environments.

Role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, architecture leadership, and collaboration with government sponsors to deliver mission-critical capabilities. Requires DoD clearance and on-site presence, with opportunities in data analytics and lab oversight.