Senior Systems Network Engineer – Space Force (PWSA/GMI)

Senior Systems Network Engineer – Space Force (PWSA/GMI)

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Salary: $150,000–$171,000 annually

Work Arrangement: On-site or Hybrid (minimum 3 days on-site)

Security Clearance: Active DoD Secret required

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Network Engineer to support the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) and Ground Management and Integration (GMI) program.

You will help design, integrate, and evolve mission-critical enterprise and ground-segment networks supporting Ground, Space, and User Segments across current and future tranches.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise and ground-segment network architectures, technical specifications, schematics, and engineering documentation.
• Engineer and integrate network technologies, including routers, switches, gateways, and associated hardware and software.
• Evaluate system performance, cybersecurity, scalability, resiliency, and future capacity requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams supporting satellite ground systems and mission-network integration.
• Serve as a senior technical authority, provide engineering recommendations, and mentor junior engineers.
• Support hybrid-cloud architectures, IPv6 modernization, infrastructure automation, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field with at least 8 years of relevant experience; or a master's degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience designing and engineering complex enterprise networking environments.
• Strong understanding of network hardware, software, interconnections, and system interfaces.
• Ability to independently resolve highly complex engineering problems and communicate technical solutions.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance at the time of hire.
• U.S. citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of large-scale network engineering experience.
• Space and ground mission engineering experience, including SDA, PWSA, GMI, satellite ground systems, or space vehicle integration.
• AWS Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, Security Specialty, or equivalent cloud certification.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud, SC2S, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, and hybrid-cloud architecture.
• Cisco CCNP, Juniper JNCIP/JNCIE, Palo Alto, or equivalent networking certification.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Python, or infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Enterprise or DoD IPv6 architecture, implementation, and migration experience.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and engineering mentorship.

Apply Today

If you have experience building secure, highly available enterprise or mission-critical networks and want to support the next generation of national security space systems, we encourage you to apply.

Please include your current security clearance status and relevant space, ground-segment, networking, or cloud architecture experience.