OT Network Engineer — Onsite, Industrial Network Architect

SpaceX; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to design and support industrial and OT networks for production, test, site operations, and live data center build environments.

You will design highly available networks, validate OT topologies, evaluate hardware, develop automation tooling, and coordinate outages with stakeholders for software updates, hardware refreshes, and maintenance. On-call support and on-site deployment are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical/related STEM with 3+ years of professional network experience, or 5+ years with no degree.
• Industrial OT network engineering experience preferred.
• CCNA/CCNP or similar certifications are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available networks for production and test.
• Validate multi-site OT topologies for critical facilities.
• Deploy network hardware and SD-WAN appliances.
• Develop automation tooling for configuration management.
• Coordinate outages with stakeholders for software/hardware updates.
• Provide on-call support during launches and tests.
• Create and maintain network documentation and drawings.

Skills

Industrial OT networks

OSI model knowledge

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python)

Linux/Windows administration

GitOps / IaC

Network troubleshooting

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering degree

Five years network experience (no degree)

Tools

Cisco switches

Arista switches

Juniper switches

WDM & fiber optics

SD-WAN appliances

Terraform / Ansible

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking an Operational Technology (OT) Network Engineer to design and support industrial and OT networks for production, test, site operations, and live data center build environments.

You will design highly available networks, validate OT topologies, evaluate hardware, develop automation tooling, and coordinate outages with stakeholders for software updates, hardware refreshes, and maintenance. On-call support and on-site deployment are required.