Senior Network Security Engineer, COMSEC & Aerospace

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 133,500 - 186,899; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Network Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure network and communications systems in support of our COMSEC team within Core Systems. You will collaborate with Electrical Hardware Design and Systems teams to deliver integrated, reliable, and secure solutions.

The role emphasizes defining requirements, managing performance, and ensuring compliance with security standards while contributing to documentation and test plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in network systems engineering.
• Experience with COMSEC principles and equipment.
• Strong understanding of network protocols, architectures, and security frameworks.
• Experience implementing firewall policies, VLANs, ACLs, and network segmentation.
• Experience with network monitoring tools (SolarWinds, Nagios, PRTG).
• Knowledge of high availability and redundancy design, including spanning tree, LACP/port-channel, and failover.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement network and communications security (COMSEC) systems and architectures.
• Collaborate with Electrical Hardware Design and Systems Engineering teams for seamless integration.
• Define and manage network systems requirements, interfaces, and performance parameters.
• Support system-level trade studies, design reviews, and technical assessments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network and communications issues.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, policies, and regulations.
• Contribute to documentation including specs, interface control docs, and test plans.

Skills

COMSEC principles

Firewall policies

Network monitoring

HA/Redundancy

VLANs/ACLs

Network protocols

Cross-team collaboration

Security standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

SolarWinds

Nagios

PRTG

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced Network Systems Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure network and communications systems in support of our COMSEC team within Core Systems. You will collaborate with Electrical Hardware Design and Systems teams to deliver integrated, reliable, and secure solutions.

The role emphasizes defining requirements, managing performance, and ensuring compliance with security standards while contributing to documentation and test plans.