Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world.   For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft, and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed.  Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions.  Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world.  Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves.   We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

What We’re Looking For:

If you are passionate about space and deploying disruptive space technology, then you will be excited about the Senior Network Systems Engineer opening with Iridium for a Space Development Agency (SDA) project. The Senior Network Systems Engineer will assist our Network Infrastructure team with the design, deployment, integration, and management of Juniper and Cisco hardware in tightly controlled areas that support several Mission critical environments. You will be responsible for identifying and autonomously implementing ideas and solutions in support of the deployment of Juniper hardware as well as various other monitoring and scanning tools necessary to ensure a fault-tolerant, reliable, and scalable infrastructure across the Iridium's Mission and Commercial networks. In this role, you will also work independently to configure and maintain network infrastructure devices and Local and Wide Area Networks contributing to the overall success of the Commercial, Mission & Test, and remote Teleport networks.

This position requires an active/current Top Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with team members in designing and deploying scalable network devices, including automated route distribution methods using frameworks such as NetConf Yang and Ansible
• Investigate solutions to enable team members to assist in problems and apply consistent solutions across different environments and teams
• Be responsible for the day-to-day operations of all Network Infrastructure within a small highly controlled environment, not connected to other systems
• Play a key role in providing technical assistance to Support-team related to network traffic congestion, latency issues, link outages, and System performance problems
• Deliver Maintenance and Operations of Mission Critical Network Infrastructure systems to support Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks across multiple sites
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking and security hardware, and operating systems and review work of junior team members
• Maintain documentation, audit logs, and adhere to Configuration Management rules required to meet compliance
• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the DevOps and network industries, technologies, and best practices and transform research to support direction and decision making
• Provide real time troubleshooting and problem resolution for escalated issues as required

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, OR equivalent relevant experience in lieu of degree
• 8+ years of experience with managing and maintaining Cisco and/or Juniper Routers, Switches, firewalls, and other vendors networking technologies
• 5+ years’ direct experience with the deployment and management of Cisco/Juniper switches and routers (Juniper preferred)
• 3+ years’ experience with any firewall technology; Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortigate, Checkpoint
• Familiarity with Netconf/YANG scripting in an MPLS over IP network
• Fluent in Visio with the ability to effectively create and present network architecture diagrams as designed, with data flows
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic
• Have confidence and be able to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team
• Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions
• Be proactive in providing feedback and be enthusiastic in sharing your knowledge with others
• Capable of prioritizing your own tasks and potentially the tasks of others while making sure deadlines are met

Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:

• Certifications in DevOps/Software such as Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist or Professional and/or Juniper
• Working knowledge of routing protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
• Experience working in a Linux environment – RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) preferred

We’ll also need you to:

• Be available to support 24/7 on-call on an as-needed basis
• Be able to travel up to once every quarter
• Be a U.S. Citizen

Work Environment:

This position primarily works in the company office or in a home office. The position is largely sedentary with the majority of the position sitting in a chair and working with a computer. The role uses basic office equipment including a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse and printer. For meetings in person, this position will need to be able stand, walk within the office and climb stairs on occasion.

Iridium is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or status as a protected veteran. EOE of Minorities/Females/Vets/Disability and other protected categories.