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
4.0
Jul 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Cool people, unique project opportunities, good work life balance

Cons

Unstable, very limited support for education/training/certifications, niche work

4.0
Jul 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Great people to work with - very caring and social - work-life balance is great

Cons

- recently started charging prices for lunch and raised their gym benefit prices

3.0
May 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I don't know how helpful a review I can write, because there has been a round of layoffs and we can expect more in 2025, so I wouldn't pursue a career here right now unless you are recruited onto a specific project requiring your specific skills. I found the salary and benefits very satisfactory, although even before all the recent changes to the federal government, we were already feeling the weight of a changing economy.

Cons

I think the biggest con is that this was once an institution where one could establish a network and then expect some degree of job security. This is no longer the case and may not be for a long, long time. Also: Like every other company I've ever worked for, MITRE's commitment to diversity was never anything but window dressing. Like anyplace else you'll every work, white, straight, males will be promoted before anyone else; no one will ever, ever make a specific bigoted comment but the decisions will reflect bias. Efforts to address the issue are seemingly designed to be ineffective. People care hypothetically but there is no effective way to shift internal bias and no one is ready to try.

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