The MITRE Corporation
Software Engineer - National Security Accelerator Program
The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, us, 01730
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MITRE’s National Security Accelerator Program ( https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/national-security-accelerator-program (http://sites.mitre.org/national-security-accelerator-program/) ) is seeking highly motivated, early career candidates passionate about solving problems for a safer world.
This program will provide unique work opportunities, onboarding, and mentoring to build your skills as a future leader. You will accelerate your career while preparing for impactful, rewarding work at MITRE. Successful candidates will gain exposure and experience in topics of common interest to the entire national security community. Our goal is to prepare you to thrive in a technically rooted, mission-focused career at MITRE – one where the unique background, skill set, and experience you bring inspires creative and innovative solutions.
You will interact with a diverse group of program peers, MITRE national security leaders, and staff solving real-world problems. Over the course of this structured six-month program, you will hone your skills and develop strong professional networks in the national security sector and across our Innovation Centers, helping solve critical national challenges. Before transitioning to MITRE’s permanent national security or technical staff, you will benefit from the following program pillars:
An intensive, experiential onboarding program
Focused mentoring with MITRE national security leaders and experts in your field
An in-depth rotational work program
Job Responsibilities:
Working alongside MITRE mission specialists and engineers, you will be supporting national security sponsors while helping to design, develop, and implement solutions and technologies to address the software engineering challenges of our government sponsors. You will be exposed to expertise, innovation, and thought leadership that accelerates the application of software engineering to government problems, promotes their mission, and enables operational success. You will learn about MITRE sponsor missions and apply your technical knowledge and skills to problem-solving and innovation. At the culmination of the Accelerator Program , you will become part of MITRE’s National Security team focused on sponsor missions with a strong technical background enabling you to be a future leader in the company.
From embedded systems and internet of things to virtual reality and augmented reality, you will learn to apply software engineering expertise, innovate concepts, and technology solutions to address every facet of our sponsor’s software engineering challenges to include:
Accessibility Software Engineering
Cloud Engineering
Cyber Software Engineering
Full Stack Development
Software Engineering
Visualization/Graphics Software Engineering
Web Applications Development
What are some examples of the projects that I might work on?
Enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure
Enabling safe operations of narrowband communication network management
Building software solutions that improve cyber posture to defend against external multicast data storm cyber events
Research and development to support command, control, communications, and intelligence capabilities of the future
Solving tough collaboration and social computing problems
What does an ideal MITRE Accelerator Software Engineer bring to the position?
Hands-on experience gained from previous work experience or relevant intern/co-op work
Applied knowledge of software engineering principles, tools, and devices
Proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages: C, C++, Java, Python, C#, Objective C
Database design and development including SQL
Interdisciplinary background with at least of one of those disciplines being software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field
Sustained excellence in academic performance
Evidence of being a life-long learner, with a passion for the field
High-level desire to help our nation solve critical problems
Basic Qualifications:
Typically a Bachelor of Science in software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field and 2 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree (Masters or PhD) with relevant experience who can immediately contribute.
A bility to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
Strong background in software development and systems engineering (SE) including but not limited to: modern software development processes and practices including agile development , DevSecOps, hands on experience with software architecture, design, test, and implementation with an emphasis on domain driven, horizontally scalable architectures
Hands-on skills in at least one object-oriented, procedural, functional, or declarative programming language (e.g., Java, C/C++/Objective-C/C#, Python, Go, NodeJS, JavaScript, Ruby)
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.
Preferred Qualifications :
Active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph clearance
BS and 5 years of related experience; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step
Experience working projects related to national security for one or more government agencies
Interdisciplinary background with evidence of continual learning
Experience with software development tools and frameworks, including source control management tools (e.g., Git)
Experience with modern software development methodologies (e.g., Agile)
Knowledge of diverse software design patterns
Knowledge of diverse database technologies, including relational or NoSQL
Experience designing, modeling, analyzing and improving the reliability, security, scalability, and flexibility of large-scale big data applications
Experience with microservice design/implementation using standard industry tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with Internet Technologies that comprise the OSI Stack Model such as TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
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MITRE’s National Security Accelerator Program ( https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/national-security-accelerator-program (http://sites.mitre.org/national-security-accelerator-program/) ) is seeking highly motivated, early career candidates passionate about solving problems for a safer world.
This program will provide unique work opportunities, onboarding, and mentoring to build your skills as a future leader. You will accelerate your career while preparing for impactful, rewarding work at MITRE. Successful candidates will gain exposure and experience in topics of common interest to the entire national security community. Our goal is to prepare you to thrive in a technically rooted, mission-focused career at MITRE – one where the unique background, skill set, and experience you bring inspires creative and innovative solutions.
You will interact with a diverse group of program peers, MITRE national security leaders, and staff solving real-world problems. Over the course of this structured six-month program, you will hone your skills and develop strong professional networks in the national security sector and across our Innovation Centers, helping solve critical national challenges. Before transitioning to MITRE’s permanent national security or technical staff, you will benefit from the following program pillars:
An intensive, experiential onboarding program
Focused mentoring with MITRE national security leaders and experts in your field
An in-depth rotational work program
Job Responsibilities:
Working alongside MITRE mission specialists and engineers, you will be supporting national security sponsors while helping to design, develop, and implement solutions and technologies to address the software engineering challenges of our government sponsors. You will be exposed to expertise, innovation, and thought leadership that accelerates the application of software engineering to government problems, promotes their mission, and enables operational success. You will learn about MITRE sponsor missions and apply your technical knowledge and skills to problem-solving and innovation. At the culmination of the Accelerator Program , you will become part of MITRE’s National Security team focused on sponsor missions with a strong technical background enabling you to be a future leader in the company.
From embedded systems and internet of things to virtual reality and augmented reality, you will learn to apply software engineering expertise, innovate concepts, and technology solutions to address every facet of our sponsor’s software engineering challenges to include:
Accessibility Software Engineering
Cloud Engineering
Cyber Software Engineering
Full Stack Development
Software Engineering
Visualization/Graphics Software Engineering
Web Applications Development
What are some examples of the projects that I might work on?
Enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure
Enabling safe operations of narrowband communication network management
Building software solutions that improve cyber posture to defend against external multicast data storm cyber events
Research and development to support command, control, communications, and intelligence capabilities of the future
Solving tough collaboration and social computing problems
What does an ideal MITRE Accelerator Software Engineer bring to the position?
Hands-on experience gained from previous work experience or relevant intern/co-op work
Applied knowledge of software engineering principles, tools, and devices
Proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages: C, C++, Java, Python, C#, Objective C
Database design and development including SQL
Interdisciplinary background with at least of one of those disciplines being software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field
Sustained excellence in academic performance
Evidence of being a life-long learner, with a passion for the field
High-level desire to help our nation solve critical problems
Basic Qualifications:
Typically a Bachelor of Science in software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field and 2 years of relevant experience or an advanced degree (Masters or PhD) with relevant experience who can immediately contribute.
A bility to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
Strong background in software development and systems engineering (SE) including but not limited to: modern software development processes and practices including agile development , DevSecOps, hands on experience with software architecture, design, test, and implementation with an emphasis on domain driven, horizontally scalable architectures
Hands-on skills in at least one object-oriented, procedural, functional, or declarative programming language (e.g., Java, C/C++/Objective-C/C#, Python, Go, NodeJS, JavaScript, Ruby)
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site presence.
Preferred Qualifications :
Active Top Secret/SCI with polygraph clearance
BS and 5 years of related experience; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step
Experience working projects related to national security for one or more government agencies
Interdisciplinary background with evidence of continual learning
Experience with software development tools and frameworks, including source control management tools (e.g., Git)
Experience with modern software development methodologies (e.g., Agile)
Knowledge of diverse software design patterns
Knowledge of diverse database technologies, including relational or NoSQL
Experience designing, modeling, analyzing and improving the reliability, security, scalability, and flexibility of large-scale big data applications
Experience with microservice design/implementation using standard industry tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with Internet Technologies that comprise the OSI Stack Model such as TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, etc.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
None
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret
Work Location Type:
Hybrid
MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf) .
MITRE 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 recruitinghelp@mitre.org .
Copyright © 2024, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.
Benefits information may be found here (https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/benefits)