Senior Network Automation Engineer — Onsite, Impact Infra

SpaceX; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks an experienced Network Automation Engineer to build tools supporting a large network infrastructure used in data centers for rockets, spacecraft, and launch systems.

You will create Python scripts to automate network processes, ensure uptime, and own infrastructure software used by engineers. Strong scripting and Linux skills, plus ability to mentor juniors, are essential for this fast-paced role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline; 5+ years in network automation or 8+ years without a degree.
• Experience building automation tools and scripting to manage large networks.
• Strong communication, documentation, and ability to work in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Build network automation tools for switch configurations, backups, updates, logging, monitoring, and alerting.
• Create Python scripts to automate manual network processes.
• Measure and improve uptime and performance of the network.
• Act as technical product owner for infrastructure tools used by the team.
• Scale networks with automation and operational improvements.
• Collaborate with network engineers to build maintainable infrastructure.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

Python automation

Go

Shell/Bash

Networking fundamentals

Linux operating systems

Project independence

Automation tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or STEM

8+ years experience if no degree

Tools

Git

Subversion

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

SpaceX seeks an experienced Network Automation Engineer to build tools supporting a large network infrastructure used in data centers for rockets, spacecraft, and launch systems.

You will create Python scripts to automate network processes, ensure uptime, and own infrastructure software used by engineers. Strong scripting and Linux skills, plus ability to mentor juniors, are essential for this fast-paced role.