Top-Secret Network Engineer: Starshield Mesh & Security

SupportFinity™; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

401(k) retirement plan

Health, vision, dental insurance

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation

10+ paid holidays per year

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Network Engineer (Starshield) to drive operation and deployment of the Starshield service provider network supporting critical national security missions. You will own network design, monitor security, improve performance, and optimize deployments with the team, enabling secure, scalable connectivity.

You will collaborate with hardware and software engineers, lead integration efforts, and contribute to continuous improvement across the network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline or 4+ years of professional networking experience.
• 1+ year of networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions and/or cloud and web-scale networks (internship/co-op experience qualifies).
• Hands-on deployment of networking hardware (routers, modems, switch, firewalls).

Responsibilities

• Manage and expand network interconnections, POPs and co-location sites.
• Manage deployments to Top Secret datacenters.
• Improve network performance and reliability using metrics and capacity planning.
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and network engineers to improve design.
• Build automation for network devices and deployment tools.

Skills

Layer-1 experience

Networking hardware deployment

Independent worker

Clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical/engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Network Engineer (Starshield) to drive operation and deployment of the Starshield service provider network supporting critical national security missions. You will own network design, monitor security, improve performance, and optimize deployments with the team, enabling secure, scalable connectivity.

You will collaborate with hardware and software engineers, lead integration efforts, and contribute to continuous improvement across the network.