Senior Network Engineer - Space Missions & Security

Firefly Aerospace; Briggs (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. seeks a Network Engineer for our Briggs, Texas site to design, implement, and secure mission-critical networks connecting launch, test stands, and engineering teams. You will ensure telemetry flows and commands stay reliable under pressure.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in campus/datacenter/WAN networks, proficiency with Cisco/Juniper/Arista, and experience with automation and security practices including FIPS compliance.

Qualifications

• Design, monitor, and troubleshoot campus, datacenter, and WAN networks.
• Strong knowledge of LAN/WAN, routing, switching, QoS, BGP/OSPF, VXLAN.
• Experience with firewall configuration and network security.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools (Ansible, Python).
• Proficiency with network monitoring systems (PRTG, Zabbix, Grafana).
• Experience with Cisco/Juniper/Arista hardware and Palo Alto firewalls.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and troubleshoot network solutions based on business requirements.
• Manage network projects, upgrades, migrations, and provide technical direction.
• Maintain firewall rules and ensure security compliance (FIPS).
• Identify improvements to increase resilience and performance.
• Collaborate with IT and engineering teams to deliver network services for missions.
• Create and maintain network documentation and runbooks.

Skills

Network design

Troubleshooting

LAN/WAN technologies

Routing & Switching

BGP/OSPF

Network security

Automation scripting

Python

Ansible

Docker/Kubernetes familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Palo Alto

AWS networking

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Python

Job description

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. seeks a Network Engineer for our Briggs, Texas site to design, implement, and secure mission-critical networks connecting launch, test stands, and engineering teams. You will ensure telemetry flows and commands stay reliable under pressure.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in campus/datacenter/WAN networks, proficiency with Cisco/Juniper/Arista, and experience with automation and security practices including FIPS compliance.