Senior OT Network Engineer - Industrial & Aerospace Tech

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior OT Network Engineer to design and support large-scale industrial networks across production, test, and site operations for aerospace-related facilities. The role involves collaborating with IT and OT teams to ensure reliable, secure communications during launches and tests, including on-call support.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with routing, switching, wireless in OT environments, and proven ability to document work and plan

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline with 5+ years of professional network engineering, or 8+ years with high school diploma in lieu of degree.
• Industrial/OT network engineering experience preferred.
• Must have CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale, highly available networks for production, test, and site requirements.
• Create resilient, multi-site OT network topologies for critical facilities.
• Evaluate, procure, and deploy network hardware including switches, firewalls, and SD-WAN appliances.
• Develop network automation tooling and perform root-cause analyses after outages.
• Provide on-site networking support during launches and tests; operate in on-call rotations.

Skills

OSI model understanding

Cisco switches

Arista switches

Juniper switches

WDM and fiber optics

Layer 2/3 design

Network monitoring tools

Scripting: Bash

Scripting: PowerShell

Scripting: Python

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps / IaC

Linux system administration

Windows system administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM

Tools

Cisco

Arista

Juniper

SD-WAN

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior OT Network Engineer to design and support large-scale industrial networks across production, test, and site operations for aerospace-related facilities. The role involves collaborating with IT and OT teams to ensure reliable, secure communications during launches and tests, including on-call support.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with routing, switching, wireless in OT environments, and proven ability to document work and plan