Hiring: Lead Network Engineer Company: MITRE Location: Fairborn, OH Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 17:33:26 Employment Type: Internship / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, Ansible, Apache, Azure, BGP, Bash, C++, CI/CD, DNS, Data Pipeline, Elasticsearch, Git, Grafana, JavaScript, Kafka, Kibana, Kubernetes, Logstash, PowerShell, Python, Security Clearance, Serverless, Spark, Splunk, Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, Terraform, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •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. •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. Required Skills: •Network Design: Defining validated designs for networks with details required for implementation •Software-Defined / Virtual Networks: Configuring, deploying, testing and validating the latest technologies in software-defined and virtualized networks as well as “traditional” networking •Mission Security and Assurance: Conducting cybersecurity risk assessments of proposed and existing designs to evaluate security posture, identify threats and vulnerabilities, and recommend mitigation strategies •Network Data Analytics: Designing, implementing, and enhancing network monitoring and data collection capabilities to provide visibility into performance, availability and operational health •Tactical and Threat-Informed Networking: Developing solutions for coupling non-traditional, external threat feeds into traditional network routing parameters (i.e., bandwidth, delay, throughput) to better influence communications paths in challenging network environments •Lab oversight and administration: Contributing to the stand up, compliance, and upkeep of cross-cutting virtual and physical experimentation environments at both the unclassified and classified level. Qualifications: •Must obtain a DoW 8140 IAT Level II certification (eg. Security+) within 3 months of hire. •Network Design: Defining designs that enable secure, scalable, resilient, and supportable solutions, including target-state designs operational processes implementation artifacts •Interior gateway routing protocols (e.g., BGP and SRv6) Compensation: •$147,200 - $184,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!