Network Engineer

Eliassen Group; San Juan (PR); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Network Engineer to support a global satellite communication system. Responsibilities include designing, maintaining, and modernizing network equipment, with opportunities for remote work. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in network design and strong troubleshooting skills. Relevant certifications are essential. This role offers a competitive hourly pay and an excellent benefits package.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k matching

Life insurance

Referral program

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in TCP/IP network design and troubleshooting.
• 3 years of experience with satellite communication server racks.
• Relevant certifications like CCNA or CCNP required.

Responsibilities

• Install and troubleshoot LANs and WANs with IPSEC tunnels.
• Configure and maintain network routers and switches.
• Design and deploy EOL replacement devices.

Skills

TCP/IP network design

Linux systems

Satcom systems

network troubleshooting

network device qualification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or IT

Tools

Cisco routers

Fortinet devices

Palo Alto devices

Jira

OpenStack

Job description

Network Engineer

Location: San Diego, CA (Open to Remote)

Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Technology

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -102025-104086

Date Posted: 10/15/2025

Description: We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our Viasat Government group! In this exciting role, you will be responsible for supporting the design, maintenance, and modernization of a critical global satellite communications system! You will be updating the network equipment hardware and software in both a lab and production environment. This includes auditing equipment health, identifying faulted units, troubleshooting faults, ordering, tracking, installing, and configuring replacement parts, as well as identifying and patching IA vulnerabilities. Your duties will include making design changes to datacenter racks to modernize the existing equipment and/or replace end of life parts. You will also be working with vendors to get quotes for new parts for the system. Part of your duties may require travel to deploy new datacenter racks and/or perform maintenance on those racks. Other engineering support duties may include analysis and remediation of networking hardware, operating system, and software security vulnerabilities and documentation of the remediation process. For our W2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Pay Rate: $70 – $75 an hour

Responsibilities

• Install, design, and troubleshoot LANs and WANs with IPSEC tunnels on all layers of the OSI stack.
• Configure, test, troubleshoot and patch modern network routers, switches and firewalls on Cisco, Fortinet and Palo Alto devices.
• Maintenance of datacenter rack equipment including servers, network equipment, RF equipment, ethernet and power cables etc.
• Design, test, and deployment of EOL replacement devices to the ground segment of a global communications network.
• Supporting engineering efforts for IA remediation of network equipment and applicable software.

Experience Requirements

• 5 years of experience working with TCP/IP network design and troubleshooting, Linux systems, Satcom systems, etc.
• 3 years of experience working with satellite communication server racks and equipment.
• Relevant networking certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, Network, Security, etc.
• Work experience with procuring and setting up networking and communication systems, RF equipment and peripherals such as ethernet and power cables, PDUs, etc.

What will help you on the job

• Experience with network design and device qualification.
• Experience with online network device updates and IA patches.
• Experience with live production network troubleshooting and maintaining SLAs.
• Server room management and maintenance experience.
• Some work experience with virtualization technologies such as ESXI, OpenStack etc.
• Some experience working with various test tracking and bug tracking tools such as Jama and Jira.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, a related field of study or equivalent years of experience.
• Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident with the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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About Eliassen Group: Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

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