Security & Network Engineer — Federal Compliance & Infra

California Institute of Technology; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work up to 1 day per week

Job summary

IPAC at Caltech seeks a Security and Network Engineer to support cybersecurity, compliance architecture, and high-performance network infrastructure powering NASA, NSF, and funded observatories. You will work with a team to shape IPAC's cybersecurity posture while integrating with data center and network engineers.

The role focuses on implementing NIST/NASA frameworks, enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto), and secure perimeters, with collaboration across Arista and Cisco environments at Caltech's

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field with 5+ years of network administration and cybersecurity experience
• Hands-on design and administration with Arista or Cisco hardware
• Experience managing enterprise firewalls and network security perimeters
• Experience with network penetration testing and security auditing
• Familiarity with federal cybersecurity frameworks (NIST RMF, SP 800-53)
• US PERSON as defined by ITAR regulations

Responsibilities

• Coordinate NASA ATO compliance and reporting.
• Design, maintain SSPs and POA&M tracking for missions and IPAC infrastructure.
• Translate NIST SP 800-53 and NASA directives into enforceable network architectures.
• Design, deploy, audit, and maintain firewall rules and perimeters across enterprise edge.
• Collaborate with Data Center staff to apply security to IPAC infrastructure.
• Monitor threats with centralized logging and security alerting.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Network administration

Cybersecurity

NIST RMF

Arista/Cisco

Firewalls

Threat monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Palo Alto

Rapid7

CrowdStrike

Linux

SIEM

Job description

IPAC at Caltech seeks a Security and Network Engineer to support cybersecurity, compliance architecture, and high-performance network infrastructure powering NASA, NSF, and funded observatories. You will work with a team to shape IPAC's cybersecurity posture while integrating with data center and network engineers.

The role focuses on implementing NIST/NASA frameworks, enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto), and secure perimeters, with collaboration across Arista and Cisco environments at Caltech's