MITRE CyberSecurity Engineer reviews

3.5

79% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

81% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

CyberSecurity Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most CyberSecurity Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. MITRE is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by CyberSecurity Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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42 reviews
5.0
Sep 26, 2021
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Pros

This is a well run company that seeks to make good decisions about it's operations (internal), investments in research, and how best to meet objectives of making the world, not just the US, more secure. Mostly they get it right. They make science-based decisions on things like masks and vaccines , which suit me fine. Work/life balance is great. Opportunities to have a significant impact on national security and helping the government be more effective are everywhere.

Cons

Given the number of employees spread out all over the world (but concentrated at DC and Boston sites), and the different types of jobs including some that don't require a strong foundation of science, there would be some grumbling about poor leadership. Clearly most well-educated people in our current national situation prefer a more liberal or a traditional conservative agenda than one based on fascism, Russian propaganda and criminality but not everyone. Even within MITRE unfortunately.

2.0
Jun 29, 2021

Dude, Where's My Company?

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Pros

There are smart people and occasionally interesting work here. Wonderful infrastructure for remote work, but limited willingness to fully embrace this next-normal. Good security practices within the infrastructure. Pay is decent if you come here to start, but suffers wage inflation issues as you stay.

Cons

MITRE is a company in transition & likely decline. Some of the changes are due to COVID and some are due to an opportunistic CEO that is leveraging the situation to pivot the company to a REVENUE-FIRST model. The company is positioning itself to be a competitor to consulting firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton or Deloitte. They are not yet competitive in this field. Most of the employees are not seeking this new environment. Some employees are trapped by age or skill-atrophy. Some don't know any better (yet).

3.0
Mar 6, 2021
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Pros

Limitless project opportunities, easy to move around, strong support for WFH and flexible hours

Cons

No extra time off or other benefits to help with COVID needs such as helping kids home from school - new child parental leave benefit finally improving but far behind the big tech companies Constant restructures and changes during COVID are stressful. Lots of senior management for not a large company - often seem out of touch of employee needs

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