Senior Platform Engineer (Windows / Infrastructure)

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MITRE Mission Computing is a new organization that bridges the gap between Mission and Technology and helps enable MTIRE projects to focus on their work, without worrying about compliance and the underlying platform infrastructure. We apply new technologies that can address the Government's most challenging Systems Engineering problems. This is an opportunity for experienced platform engineers who are highly motivated, innovative, and proactive and interested in owning and maintaining their work to enable the rest of MITRE and sponsors.

Roles & Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join a secure, compliant enterprise platform team, delivering infrastructure for mission-critical workloads.

This role sits at the front of the platform lifecycle, combining technical expertise with customer-facing responsibilities. The engineer will support customer onboarding, solution scoping, and delivery of compute environments aligned with security and compliance requirements.

This is a high-impact role requiring both technical depth and clear communication with customers and internal teams.

Customer Engagement, Solution Delivery & Onboarding

• Participate in customer discussions to understand needs and requirements
  
• Translate requirements into clear, build-ready specifications
  
• Provide guidance on access, usage, and expectations
  
• Identify risks, dependencies, and gaps early in the process
  
• Manage multiple efforts with strong follow-through
  
• Standardize documentation and communication where possible

Technical Coordination

• Act as the bridge between customers and engineering teams
  
• Ensure requirements are clearly communicated to build teams
  
• Identify and resolve gaps between requested and delivered configurations
  
• Coordinate with Security, Networking, and Infrastructure teams
  
• Support troubleshooting across Windows, virtualization, networking, storage, and security.

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
  
• Strong experience with Windows systems engineering (primary requirement)
  
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, and Windows Server/Windows client.
  
• Working knowledge of infrastructure domains (networking, virtualization, storage, security)
  
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues independently
  
• PowerShell/scripting or other automation experience.
  
• Experience working across multiple teams
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with attention to detail
  
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs
  

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a 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.
  
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with FIPS-199, NIST SP800-53 rev.4, NIST SP800-171, or DISA STIGs
  
• CompTIA Security+ certification (preferred)
  
• Experience in regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., CMMC)
  
• Exposure to automation or infrastructure-as-code
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with attention to detail
  
• Comfortable working in a structured, process-driven environment
  
• Active Secret Clearance

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):

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$122,400 - $153,000 - $183,600 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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