Sr. Network Engineer

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to architect and operate mission-critical networks powering our data centers and vehicle fleet.

You will lead design of highly redundant, secure networks and drive automation across the lifecycle. You will design AI-native monitoring, deploy fast provisioning, and troubleshoot hardware and software issues at scale, ensuring peak performance across topologies and protocols.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, operating and automating critical networks.
• Experience with AI-driven network operations is a plus.
• Strong understanding of Linux networking and high-speed optical modules.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and deploy highly redundant data centers for mission critical operations.
• Lead end-to-end automation of the network lifecycle: provisioning, configuration management, validation, monitoring.
• Create and maintain AI-driven network operations monitoring and anomaly detection.
• Automate rapid provisioning and upgrades of network devices and servers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve networking hardware and software problems.
• Optimize performance across hardware, topologies, protocols and software.

Skills

Network design

Automation

AI monitoring

Linux networking

Data center

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Aruba

Arista

NVIDIA hardware

Job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. NETWORK ENGINEER

The Network Engineering team designs and operates the mission critical networks for our data centers that power our internal operations. These networks are highly redundant, secure, and high-performance architectures that are rapidly scaling to support our internal needs & our fleet of vehicles. You will lead the charge on designing new architectures, innovating on AI-native operations and challenging the status quo on creating world class networks.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, & deploy highly redundant data centers for mission critical operations
• Lead end to end automation of the network lifecycle: provisioning, configuration management, validation, monitoring
• Create and maintain AI-driven network operations: Design AI and machine learning tools to monitor network health, detect anomalies and pro-actively detect anomalous hardware behavior
• Automate rapid provisioning & upgrades of network devices & servers
• Troubleshoot and resolve networking hardware & software problems
• Optimize performance across hardware, topologies, protocols and software

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, operating & automating critical networks

Preferred Skills And Experience

• 5+ years of experience with Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, Arista, NVIDIA hardware
• 5+ years of experience automating network configurations & network monitoring
• 5+ years of experience with kernel systems, linux networking, high speed optical modules, RDMA
• AI native engineer that is an expert at deploying & looping AI agents

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary

Itar Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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