Sr. Network Engineer (Starshield)

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull time165,000 - 230,000Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentorship","Teamwork"]

Lead design, deployment, and optimization of the Starshield service provider network for SpaceX, building secure, high-performance interconnections across Top Secret datacenters. Collaborate with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve reliability, monitor performance, and drive automation. Mentor junior engineers while navigating clearance requirements and supporting government-focused missions.

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SpaceX
SpaceX
2 months ago

Sr. Network Engineer (Starshield)

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Job Summary

Lead design, deployment, and optimization of the Starshield service provider network for SpaceX, building secure, high-performance interconnections across Top Secret datacenters. Collaborate with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve reliability, monitor performance, and drive automation. Mentor junior engineers while navigating clearance requirements and supporting government-focused missions.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage and expand network interconnections, network co-location sites and points of presence (POPs)
  • •Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret datacenters
  • •Improve network performance and reliability based upon system performance metrics, including capacity planning, failure detection and remediation
  • •Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts
  • •Collaborate with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve the Starshield network design
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 165,000 - 230,000

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline AND 5+ years of professional networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions or cloud and web-scale networks; OR 7+ years of professional networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions or cloud and web-scale networks in lieu of a degree
  • •Professional Layer-1 experience (e.g., transport, DWDM, optical fiber, circuit troubleshooting, activations, etc.)
  • •Hands-on experience with the build-out and deployment of hardware at datacenters and interacting with datacenters (e.g., remote hands, cross-connect execution, etc.)
  • •Experience bringing up switches, routers, firewalls and servers
  • •Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance
Experience:5+ yearsSpaceDefenseTelecommunications
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentorshipTeamwork
Certifications:CiscoJuniperArista
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BGPOSPFIS-ISMPLSDWDMEthernetIPv4IPv6CiscoJuniperArista

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top SecretTop Secret SCI

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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