MITRE CyberSecurity Engineer reviews

3.5

72% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

81% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

CyberSecurity Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 40 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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40 reviews
1.0
Dec 29, 2025

Don't work here

Recommend
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Pros

- Generous 401k match after 1 year

Cons

- Hemorrhaging headcount. Indiscriminate firing of ~3,500 employees between January and December 2025 because their sole customer (the US Government) doesn't see value in FFRDCs. - Government is largely correct in their assessment that MITRE is overpriced for the low-impact, policy paper and systems engineering work that it primarily does. - Completely tone-deaf leadership. CEO waddles out in a gee-whiz, howdy-doody impression during all-hands every other month before announcing another round of layoffs. Board member bizarrely recited poetry and cried during an all-hands. Senior VPs regularly send emails to 1,000s of employees boasting about their frequent travel to Hawaii and Europe while lamenting 100s of people losing their jobs over the same period. - No plan or vision to adapt to reality.

4.0
Dec 13, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Solid networking opportunities available if you take advantadge of it

Cons

Work is very dependent on project and sponsor. Some projects are really exciting and some are pointless.

4.0
Oct 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Dedicated group of good people. Opportunity to learn. Benefits are still good. Hybrid working environment for most. Flex time. This is definitely not a boring job. Lots of areas to expand your expertise.

Cons

Uncertainty with RIF's, Hopefully the Oct RIF is the last.

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