# Network Engineer

**Company:** [Icarus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/icarus)
**Location:** El Segundo, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $115k – $165k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Vpns, Routers, Switches, Palo Alto Firewalls, Network Segmentation, Network Architecture, Iatt, Ato, Stigs, Acas/Nessus, Rmf, Nist 800-171, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Tailscale
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Own network engineering and government cybersecurity compliance for on-site and field-deployed aerospace systems. The role requires 5+ years of experience, end-to-end IATT/ATO experience, strong networking skills, and familiarity with DoD security frameworks and tactical communications.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Network Engineering
- Design, deploy, and maintain networking infrastructure.
- Configure and manage routers, switches, VPNs, Palo Alto firewalls, and network segmentation for on-site and field-deployed systems.
- Solve networking challenges across field events and exercises involving varied radio systems, routing paradigms, and connectivity constraints.
- Build and document flexible network architectures for evolving mission requirements.

### Security & Compliance
- Own the IATT and ATO processes end-to-end.
- Conduct and manage STIG reviews, ACAS/Nessus vulnerability scans, and remediation across compute systems, cameras, and other networked components.
- Coordinate with government cybersecurity leads on compliance artifacts, scan submissions, and risk acceptance packages.
- Develop system security plans, network diagrams, and compliance evidence packages.
- Build approved CI/CD pipelines to support product improvements after authorization.

### AI-Assisted Operations
- Use AI tools to accelerate compliance documentation, network analysis, vulnerability remediation, and configuration management.
- Integrate AI into production workflows and apply evolving AI capabilities to security and networking challenges.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in network engineering, IT security, or a related field.
- Hands-on expertise with VPNs, routers, switches, firewalls, and network architecture, including configuration, troubleshooting, and design from scratch.
- Direct experience taking at least one system through a full government IATT process and exposure to the ATO process.
- Familiarity with STIGs, ACAS/Nessus scanning, and DoD cybersecurity frameworks, including RMF and NIST 800-171.
- Experience supporting DoD or military customers on network security.
- Comfort working across satellite communications, tactical radio networks, and conventional IP networking.
- Strong documentation skills for government compliance artifacts.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Tailscale or similar mesh networking experience.
- CI/CD pipeline design and DevSecOps experience.
- Aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industry experience.
- Familiarity with CUI/SBU data handling requirements.

## Compensation & Benefits
- US salary range: **$115,000–$165,000 USD** base salary.
- Meaningful equity and competitive equity grants.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Daily lunch and unlimited Celsius.
- Real ownership and work with physical aerospace hardware and flight systems.

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