Principal Network Engineer

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As an operator of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), MITRE staff are tasked with applying their skills to impact programmatic and technical decisions of highest importance to the nation. The Intelligent Network Services Department which is part of the MITRE Technology and Engineering Infrastructure, Networking, and Communications Division, has as its mission to provide premier communications network engineering services for our customers at all classification levels.

Our engineers have expertise in research, design, analysis, modeling and simulation, lab experimentation, field testing, and implementation of networks across a diverse set of networked communication environments including virtual, wired, and wireless. We are adept at combining networking research and innovation with practical hands-on experience to provide risk reduction and deployable solutions for our customers.

We seek to expand our department with staff capable of leading and performing communications network engineering research and analysis tasks. They should have a solid understanding of and interest in networking protocols and principles, as well as the desire to learn more and focus in this area.

Specific duties will generally include a combination of research, design, analysis, testing, experimentation, and modeling & simulation of communications networks to solve our nation’s most complex problems. Those activities will include one or more of following:

• Build lab-based testbeds and conduct proof-of-concept experiments
• Model the performance and behavior of networks in tactical environments
• Work with cyber and infrastructure automation technologies
• Research emerging technologies and assess applicability to sponsor missions
• Assist sponsors in analyzing, modernizing, and advancing their programs

If a specific project requires skills or knowledge of technologies with which you are unfamiliar, your responsibilities will also include reaching back to fellow network research engineers across the MITRE corporation to bring their expertise to bear.

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to work with customers and effectively lead collaboration efforts across multiple organizations and engineering disciplines
• Demonstrated expertise and leadership in one or more of the department's focus areas:
  • Wireless and tactical networks, including 5G
  • Network security and management
  • Emerging network technologies including cloud networking, SDN, and NFV
  • Network modeling, simulation, emulation, and analysis
• Proficiency in one or more scripting or programming languages such as C, C++, Java, and Python
• Knowledge of modern…