Senior Satellite Networking Engineer — Edge & Cloud

spire; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

NYSP

Launch Attendance

Generous Time Off Policy

Education Assistance Program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Family Leave

Fitness Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Healthy snacks & beverages

Job summary

Spire Global seeks a Senior Network Engineer to reinforce on-site antenna network stacks, including servers and network devices at our antennas. The role focuses on routing, overlay networking, edge systems, and cloud connectivity.

The candidate will design L3 topology, implement dynamic routing, build secure multi-hop paths with WireGuard/IPsec, and drive automation with Terraform/Ansible. Hybrid work model; 3 days/week in office.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with IP networking and routing.
• Hands-on experience with BGP (design, operation, troubleshooting).
• Solid understanding of IP networking (routing, switching, TCP/IP, VLANs, MTU) and Linux networking.
• Experience designing and operating VPNs and tunnelling technologies (WireGuard, StrongSwan, GRE + IPsec).
• Experience with AWS networking (VPC, TGW, Cloud WAN, VPN) and edge or hybrid environments.
• Understanding of overlay vs underlay networking.
• Very strong experience with automation (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Strong interest in distributed systems, connectivity, or infrastructure engineering.
• Ability to script or code in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Ability to debug complex distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Network Design & Architecture: design L3 topology across satellite, ground, and cloud, define IP schemes and routing domains.
• Routing & Connectivity: implement dynamic routing, design route advertisements, failover strategies.
• Overlay & Secure Networking: build secure multi-hop paths, enforce encryption and access policies.
• Automation & Infrastructure: develop automation using Terraform/Ansible, support scalable rollout.
• Operational Integration: align networking with satellite scheduling and improve observability.

Skills

IP networking

BGP

Linux networking

VPNs

Tunnelling

AWS networking

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

Go

Distributed systems

Scripting

Debugging

Tools

WireGuard

StrongSwan

GRE + IPsec

Job description

Spire Global seeks a Senior Network Engineer to reinforce on-site antenna network stacks, including servers and network devices at our antennas. The role focuses on routing, overlay networking, edge systems, and cloud connectivity.

The candidate will design L3 topology, implement dynamic routing, build secure multi-hop paths with WireGuard/IPsec, and drive automation with Terraform/Ansible. Hybrid work model; 3 days/week in office.