Senior Network Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain L2/L3 network infrastructure — routing, switching, VLANs, trunking, QoS, and VPN tunnels.
• Configure and operate Linux-based network appliances using systemd-networkd, Netplan, iptables, StrongSwan, and WireGuard.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform) to automate provisioning and configuration of network and compute resources.
• Collect, analyze, and act on network telemetry using Grafana, Telegraf, and related tooling.
• Deploy and manage AWS GovCloud and Commercial infrastructure (EC2, VPC, Transit Gateway, Security Groups).
• Travel to customer and field sites (~50%) for installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and ongoing support.
• Collaborate across engineering in design reviews and deployment planning, mentor teammates, and drive best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on network engineering experience (vendor-agnostic routers and switches).
• Strong L2/L3 fundamentals — routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, or Babel), VLANs, trunking, QoS, NAT/PAT, multicast, IPv4 + IPv6.
• Strong Linux systems experience — systemd, networkd, Netplan, iptables, SSH, Docker.
• Experience with site-to-site and remote access VPN (IPsec / StrongSwan, WireGuard).
• Hands-on infrastructure automation (Ansible or Terraform) and scripting (Bash, Python, or Go).
• Working knowledge of cryptography fundamentals — PKI, IPsec, FIPS compliance requirements.
• AWS experience — VPC design, EC2, Security Groups, Transit Gateway.
• Willingness and ability to travel ~50% domestically to field and customer sites.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MANET radios and mesh networking in defense or tactical environments.
• Familiarity with NIST/CMMC compliance frameworks.
• Experience with VXLAN overlays.
• Knowledge of IGMP/PIM for multicast routing.
• Experience with DHCP/DNS infrastructure at scale.
• Exposure to telemetry pipelines (InfluxDB, Telegraf, Grafana).

Compensation

• US Salary Range: $140,000 - $185,000
• Equity included in most full-time roles
• Competitive benefits: premium healthcare (80% covered), life/AD&D/disability insurance, PTO (20 days), parental leave (7 weeks), tuition reimbursement ($9k), 401(k) with 4% match.