Principal SDN & Ground Network Architect for Global Space

Blue Origin LLC

United States

On-site

USD 291,000 - 407,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

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Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Principal Network Development Engineer for Network Architecture and SDN to design and implement the ground and terrestrial networking framework for our multi-orbit TeraWave system.

You will lead architectural decisions, collaborate with senior engineers, and develop scalable, secure networking solutions that backhaul customer traffic across hundreds of gateway sites and global satellites.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
10+ years of networking in large scale production environments including WANs.
7+ years of leadership or architecture ownership in WAN environments.
Experience with BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, and SRv6/SR-MPLS.
Experience with cloud networking, network virtualization, segmentation, and automation of large scale WAN architectures.
U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

Architect, develop, provision, and operate the terrestrial network across hundreds of global gateway sites.
Define and evolve network architecture, engineering standards, and operational best practices for the global ground network.
Partner with network, cloud, and field engineering teams to deliver a scalable and resilient ground network.
Design automation frameworks and deployment pipelines for rapid, repeatable gateway site provisioning.
Integrate the satellite constellation with the terrestrial backbone for management, customer, and security networking services.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across organizations on large-scale networking initiatives.
Drive architectural decisions and engineering excellence for delivery of complex ground network programs.