Senior Network Engineer - AI-Driven Data Center Architect

SpaceX; Texas; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to design, implement and operate our mission-critical networks across data centers powering our operations.

You will lead AI-native network operations, automate provisioning and upgrades, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security, performance and reliability.

The role requires strong experience in data center networking, automation, and hands-on work with Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, Arista, and NVIDIA hardware.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing, operating and automating mission-critical networks.
• Experience with data center networks and high-performance architectures.
• Ability to design AI-native network operations and automate lifecycle tasks.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and deploy redundant data centers for critical ops.
• Lead end-to-end automation of the network lifecycle: provisioning, config, validation, monitoring.
• Create and maintain AI-driven network operations to monitor health and detect anomalies.
• Automate rapid provisioning and upgrades of network devices and servers.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software networking problems.
• Optimize performance across topology, protocols and software.

Skills

Network design & operation

Automation & SRE

AI-driven network ops

Troubleshooting

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Aruba

Arista

NVIDIA hardware

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to design, implement and operate our mission-critical networks across data centers powering our operations.

You will lead AI-native network operations, automate provisioning and upgrades, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security, performance and reliability.

The role requires strong experience in data center networking, automation, and hands-on work with Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, Arista, and NVIDIA hardware.