Senior Network Engineer

Iridium Communications Inc

Chandler (AZ)

Hybrid

USD 117,000 - 151,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Job summary

Iridium seeks a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain the ground and related networks, delivering reliable, scalable infrastructure.You will install, troubleshoot, and optimize Cisco, AWS, and firewall components across multiple sites, while mentoring junior staff and ensuring compliance.

The role offers a hybrid schedule (roughly 60% in-office) and a base pay range of $117,000 to $151,000 USD, with potential stock and bonuses; travel and on-call duties may apply.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or similar field.
8+ years of experience managing and maintaining mid-to-large scale LAN/WAN networks devices.
Strong knowledge of IP routing protocols (MPLS, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP).
Experience with IP communications protocols (OSI model, Spanning‑Tree, VDC, VFR, VPC, VSS).
Excellent network troubleshooting and problem-solving in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot networking devices including Cisco ISR/ASR routers, Catalyst/Nexus switches, Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls, and AWS services.
Lead and coordinate activities of other personnel; implement ideas to improve network availability, performance, and security.
Provide technical assistance to Support teams on traffic congestion, latency, outages, and system performance issues.
Maintain and document network infrastructure, audit logs, and compliance through CM rules.
Research network products and standards to inform DevOps and network strategy.

Skills

LAN/WAN management

Routing protocols (MPLS/OSPF/EIGRP/BGP

Network troubleshooting

Leadership & coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or similar

Tools

Cisco devices

Fortinet & Palo Alto firewalls

AWS Cloud services

Ansible

Job description

Overview

Iridium is an award-winning satellite communications company operating the world's only truly global voice and data network, delivering reliable connectivity anywhere on Earth. For more than 20 years, Iridium has powered mission-critical communications for governments, businesses, aviation, maritime, and the rapidly expanding Internet of Things.

Now part of Iridium, Aireon is the world’s only space-based air traffic surveillance system, providing real-time visibility of aircraft over oceans, the poles, and remote regions. Together, Iridium and Aireon are helping build a safer, more connected, and more efficient future for global aviation.

Join our team and help shape how the world stays connected. We foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where employees are empowered to innovate, grow professionally, and make a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

What We’re Looking For:

If you are passionate about deploying disruptive technology, then you will be excited about the Senior Network Engineer opening with Iridium. As Senior Network Engineer, you will play a key role in development, integration, troubleshooting, and testing of the Iridium Mission, Commercial, and Enterprise networks’ infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing, installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining the Iridium ground network infrastructure and equipment to deliver a fault-tolerant, reliable, scalable, and automated infrastructure. In this role, you will determine methods and procedures and independently coordinate activities of other personnel, lead the implementation of ideas and solutions that improve Iridium’s network availability, performance, security, and reliability.

What You’ll Do:

Use your knowledge of Iridium business and technologies, and collaborate with internal and external teams, to support operations and engineering tasks and projects and to provide improvement recommendations to the management team
Independently perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking devices including, but not limited to, Cisco devices such as ISR/ASR Routers, Catalyst and Nexus switches, firewalls (to include Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls), and AWS Cloud services
Play a key role in providing technical assistance to Support-team related to network traffic congestion, latency issues, link outages, and System performance problems
Deliver Maintenance and Operations of Mission Critical Network Infrastructure systems to support Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks across multiple sites
Work independently to perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking and security hardware, and operating systems and review work of junior team members
Maintain documentation, audit logs, and adhere to Configuration Management rules required to meet compliance
Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the DevOps and network industries, technologies, and best practices and transform research to support direction and decision making
Provide real time troubleshooting and problem resolution for escalated issues as required

Qualifications

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or similar field
8+ years of experience managing and maintaining mid-to-large scale LAN/WAN networks devices that include Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewall and other vendors networking technologies
Strong knowledge and understanding, and multi-year hands‑on experience, of IP routing protocols such as MPLS, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP
Strong knowledge and understanding, and multi-year hands‑on experience, of IP communication protocols such as OSI Model, Spanning‑Tree, VDC, VFR, VPC, and VSS
Excellent network troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in a high‑pressure environment. Work on issues requiring an in‑depth knowledge of the network and relates variable factors and autonomously make decisions or create solutions to address problems
Have confidence and be able to build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of our team. Can clearly summarize information and confidently present to them solutions and ideas they may be unfamiliar with
Capable of managing and prioritizing own tasks and possibly the tasks of others while adhering to deadlines, policies and procedures
Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions

Things ThatWould beGreatif You Brought to the Table:

Experience configuring and managing AWS cloud features, solutions, and services such as VPC, DirectConnect Gateway, Transit Gateway, and AWS partners virtual appliances such as routers and firewalls.
Experience with configuration management, application deployment, provisioning, and orchestration tools such as Ansible
Comfortable working in a Linux environment, RHEL preferred, and virtualized environment
Well versed in use of MS Office Suite and Visio
Network Certifications like CCNP or CompTIA Network+

We’ll also need you to:

Be available to support 24x7 on-call on an as‑needed basis.
Be able to travel occasionally, typically 3 to 4 times per year
Be a US Citizen
Be able to lift 25 lbs. and climb a ladder
Must be able to work a hybrid schedule that includes a minimum of 60% of your time (3 days per week) in‑office
Provide dual citizenship information, and screened by HR for approval

Work Environment:

This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.

We believe in‑person connection drives innovation, strengthens mentorship, and builds culture, while flexibility enables employees to do their best work. Under Iridium’s Hybrid Work Policy, employees are expected to work at least four days per week (approximately 80%) in an Iridium office to support collaboration, relationship‑building, and professional growth.

Additional Information

This job description outlines the general nature and level of work for this role and is not a comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as needed.

Base Pay Range: $117,000 - $151,000 USD

Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors and this range represents an estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Base salary is only one part of our compensation package for this role. You may also be eligible for company stock and annual bonus.