{"id":3370735,"url":"https://alion.io/job/mitre-classified-infrastructure-engineer-manager","title":"Classified Infrastructure Engineer, Manager","company":{"id":37980,"name":"MITRE","domain":"mitre.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/mitre","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Phenom","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bedford, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":172800,"max":216000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":216000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Active Directory","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"Chef","optional":false},{"name":"Configuration Management","optional":false},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":false},{"name":"SharePoint","optional":false},{"name":"Splunk","optional":false},{"name":"VMWare","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-28T00:51:53Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-28T10:36:13Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"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.Department Summary:\nMITRE’s Classified Enterprise Infrastructure Services team is seeking a Principal Engineer in support of MITRE’s enterprise classified infrastructure service portfolio. The successful candidate will have primary responsibility for the development, operational, and sustainment of one or more capabilities or services in the portfolio.\nKey Responsibilities\nLeadership & Team Management\nLead, mentor, and develop a large, diverse IT team (Tier 1 & 2 support, senior engineers, and lead engineers) on the Bedford campus.\nCoordinate closely with the peer Group Leader in McLean to align priorities, share best practices, and ensure consistent processes and standards across sites.\nAssist team members with setting individual and team goals aligned to organizational objectives.\nProvide ongoing coaching and feedback throughout the year and conduct formal mid-year and end-of-year performance assessments.\nFoster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.\nManage staffing levels, workload distribution, and professional development plans.\nOperations, Sustainment & Lifecycle Management\nOversee day-to-day operations of multiple classified networks (Secret and Top Secret collateral) supporting multiple sites.\nEnsure availability, reliability, and performance of core services including Splunk, Exchange, VMware, Active Directory, Trellix, CommVault, SharePoint, and related infrastructure.\nDirect Tier 1 and Tier 2 support activities, ensuring timely incident resolution, effective problem management, and high-quality customer service.\nCoordinate planned maintenance, patching, change management, and system upgrades with minimal disruption to users.\nManage the full lifecycle of hardware and software assets, including planning, procurement, deployment, maintenance, refresh, and decommissioning.\nMaintain accurate inventory and lifecycle tracking for systems, licenses, and hardware across all supported networks and sites.\nNetwork & Systems Engineering\nManage senior and lead engineers in the design, implementation, and enhancement of network and system architecture across multiple security domains and locations.\nOversee planning and execution of infrastructure projects, expansions, and technology refresh efforts.\nEnsure integration and interoperability of systems supporting enterprise capabilities, including logging/monitoring (Splunk), messaging (Exchange), virtualization (VMware), identity and access (Active Directory), endpoint security (Trellix), backup/recovery (Commvault), and collaboration platforms (SharePoint).\nProvide oversight for indirect support of project VMs, ensuring underlying infrastructure and shared services meet project requirements.\nSecurity, Compliance & Risk Management\nEnsure all networks and systems comply with applicable security policies, accreditation requirements, and regulatory standards for Secret and Top-Secret collateral environments.\nPartner with security, compliance, and accreditation teams to support audits, assessments, and continuous monitoring activities.\nImplement and enforce configuration management, access control, patch management, and change control processes aligned with security and compliance requirements.\nIdentify operational and security risks, develop mitigation strategies, and drive remediation efforts.\nFinancial Management & Procurement\nWork with the Department Manager to develop and manage budgets for Other Direct Costs (ODC), capital expenditures, and labor associated with network and infrastructure operations.\nPlan and prioritize hardware and software investments in line with mission needs, lifecycle requirements, and budget constraints.\nOversee and coordinate hardware and software procurement activities, including requirements definition, vendor engagement, ordering, acceptance, and deployment.\nTrack and report on spending, variances, and forecasted needs for ODC, capital, and labor to ensure fiscal discipline and alignment with organizational priorities.\nCustomer & Stakeholder Engagement\nServe as the primary point of contact for Bedford-based stakeholders for network and infrastructure services, while coordinating with the McLean Group Leader for enterprise-wide issues.\nCollaborate with internal customers, program leaders, and other IT groups to understand requirements, prioritize work, and align services with mission needs.\nCommunicates status, risks, and impacts of operational issues and projects to leadership and key stakeholders.\nManage customer expectations and ensure high levels of satisfaction with IT services.\nProcess Improvement & Strategy\nStandardize and improve operational processes and procedures in coordination with the McLean-based team.\nPromote automation, documentation, and knowledge sharing to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.\nContribute to long-term roadmaps for network and infrastructure capabilities, including technology modernization and capacity planning.\nAnalyze trends in incidents, requests, and performance metrics to drive continuous service improvements.\nBasic Qualifications:\nTypically 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.\n5 plus years’ experience leading and mentoring teams.\nStrong experience with program management; project management, including agile methodologies; and organizational skills.\nKnowledge of server virtualization technologies including VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix.\nBasic networking, including data center and application layer networking.\nStrong knowledge of automation techniques for deployment of systems and services with tools such as Chef, Ansible, PowerShell and the Atlassian suite of tools.\nExcellent written and verbal communications skills.\nMust have an active 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.\nThis position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nDeep technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:\nExpertise in team building and collaboration.\nWorking across other departments to ensure security controls are met and maintained.\nExperience partnering with company and government security organizations to maintain compliance of NIST SP 800-53 or similar security and privacy security IT controls including resolution of POA&Ms\nUnderstanding of budget planning.\nVirtualization (Citrix, VMWare)\nStorage and Backup (Commvault, Pure, Vast, NetApp)\nCollaboration (email, skype etc.)\nAutomation (Chef, Ansible)\nThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):\nTop SecretThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):\nNot ApplicableSalary compensation range and midpoint:\n$172,800 - $216,000 - $259,200 AnnualWork Location Type:\nOnsiteIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.\nCommitment to Non-Discrimination\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.\nMITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email  for general support and  for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.\nBenefits information may be found here.\nCopyright © 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. 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