Senior Network Engineer - Secure, Scalable Networks

Parallax Advanced Research Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallax Advanced Research seeks a Senior Network Engineer to lead architecture and lifecycle management of enterprise, data center, and research networks in support of government and academic programs.

The role manages complex designs, sets network standards, and collaborates with cybersecurity, systems, and program stakeholders to deliver scalable, resilient infrastructure while adhering to security requirements. This is an individual contributor role with no supervisory duties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, network engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience with complex designs and high-severity troubleshooting.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance as required by programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and modernization of LAN/WAN, data center, and wireless networks, with roadmaps and capacity planning.
• Own advanced routing, switching, and segmentation designs (TCP/IP, VLANs, ACLs, OSPF, BGP, STP, 802.1Q).
• Architect secure connectivity for laboratories, compute clusters, and government enclaves with proper environment separation.
• Engineer and administer enterprise switches/routers/firewalls, VPNs, and network access controls for high availability.
• Serve as senior escalation point for critical incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Develop architecture diagrams, configuration baselines, IP plans, and disaster recovery docs.

Skills

LAN/WAN design

Data center networking

Security & compliance

Troubleshooting & incident response

Network monitoring & performance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering, or related field

Tools

Cisco IOS/Junos/Aruba OS

Cisco

Juniper

Aruba

Job description

Parallax Advanced Research seeks a Senior Network Engineer to lead architecture and lifecycle management of enterprise, data center, and research networks in support of government and academic programs.

The role manages complex designs, sets network standards, and collaborates with cybersecurity, systems, and program stakeholders to deliver scalable, resilient infrastructure while adhering to security requirements. This is an individual contributor role with no supervisory duties.