Network Engineer — Multi‑Site, Automation & Security

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach, CA is seeking a Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate enterprise network infrastructure across site, data center, lab/test, and cloud-adjacent environments. The role emphasizes uptime, performance, segmentation, and security in a Cisco-leaning environment while valuing experience with other platforms.

The engineer will manage routine-to-complex changes, participate in incident reviews, and partner with Architecture and Security leadership on

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on network engineering or network administration experience in production environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting multi-site, on-prem, and cloud-adjacent networks.
• Experience working in change-controlled, security-sensitive, or similarly structured production environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Layer 2/3 networking technologies including VLANs, trunking, STP, link aggregation, OSPF, and familiarity with BGP.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure, including Layer 2/3 switching, routing, wireless, WAN, and high-availability solutions, in alignment with established network architectures and standards.
• Configure and optimize routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP, site-to-site and site-to-cloud connectivity, VPNs, and SD-WAN to ensure scalable, resilient, and reliable communications.
• Configure and maintain network segmentation using VLANs, VRFs, ACLs, firewalls, NAC/802.1X, and zero-trust-aligned access controls to protect corporate, manufacturing, laboratory, restricted, and guest environments.
• Monitor network health, availability, capacity, and performance; troubleshoot issues across Layers 1–7; and implement improvements to minimize downtime and maintain operational continuity.
• Provide network support during test campaigns, mission-critical activities, and other time-sensitive operations; participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to implement security controls, logging, monitoring, and documentation that support applicable requirements, including ITAR, NIST SP 800.171, and CMMC.
• Develop and maintain network automation using tools such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform, and support monitoring and telemetry solutions to improve configuration consistency, visibility, and operational efficiency.

Skills

OSPF

BGP

VLANs

HSRP/VRRP

SD-WAN

Automation scripting

Education

CCNA

CCNP

Tools

Cisco IOS

Meraki

Job description

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach, CA is seeking a Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate enterprise network infrastructure across site, data center, lab/test, and cloud-adjacent environments. The role emphasizes uptime, performance, segmentation, and security in a Cisco-leaning environment while valuing experience with other platforms.

The engineer will manage routine-to-complex changes, participate in incident reviews, and partner with Architecture and Security leadership on