Senior Network Engineer

Redondo Beach, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 140000 - 180000

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As a Senior Network Engineer at Impulse you will be responsible for the full lifecycle of network infrastructure including design implementation operation and continuous improvement across enterprise inter-site manufacturing lab/test mission-critical data center and cloud-adjacent environments.

This is a senior execution-focused engineering role with architecture ownership within assigned domains operating within company reference architectures and standards defined in partnership with Network Architecture and Security leadership. The ideal candidate thrives in environments where uptime performance segmentation and security are non-negotiable and is comfortable supporting event-driven operationally critical activities.

While the environment is Cisco-leaning strong experience with other enterprise networking platforms is valued and candidates are not required to have exclusively Cisco backgrounds.

Responsibilities

Network Architecture & Engineering (Domain Ownership)

Own network architecture and design decisions within assigned domains (sites network tiers or functional areas).
Design implement and maintain enterprise network infrastructure including Layer 2/3 switching routing segmentation wireless and WAN connectivity.
Design and deploy advanced routing solutions using protocols such as OSPF and BGP with a focus on scalability resilience and performance.
Engineer segmented network environments supporting corporate manufacturing lab/test restricted and guest use cases.
Design and implement high-availability and fault-tolerant network solutions (for example HSRP/VRRP MLAG stack-level or chassis resiliency).
Partner with Network Architects to align implementations with reference architectures and future-state designs.

Network Operations & Reliability

Own the operational health of assigned network environments including availability performance and fault isolation.
Troubleshoot complex network issues across Layers 1 through 7.
Participate in event-driven operational support (for example test campaigns mission events critical operational activities).
Lead or contribute to incident response root cause analysis and post-mortems.
Execute firmware upgrades lifecycle management and hardware refreshes.
Participate in capacity planning performance tuning and growth forecasting.

Security Segmentation & Compliance

Implement network security controls in partnership with Security and Compliance teams.
Support network segmentation initiatives including VRFs ACL policy enforcement and zero-trust-aligned access models.
Implement and support NAC / 802.1X firewalling VPNs and access control mechanisms.
Operate networks in regulated environments aligned with ITAR NIST 800-171 CMMC and similar requirements.
Ensure logging monitoring and telemetry meet security and audit expectations.

Connectivity Timing & Performance

Design and manage site-to-site and site-to-cloud connectivity including IPsec VPNs SD-WAN and cloud network integrations.
Configure and optimize QoS policies to support latency-sensitive traffic such as voice video telemetry or control systems.
Support precision-timed and time-sensitive networking requirements (for example PTP / IEEE.1AS) where applicable.

Automation Observability & Tooling

Apply automation and scripting (for example Ansible Python Terraform) to improve consistency reliability and operational efficiency.
Deploy and maintain network observability solutions including SNMP NetFlow/sFlow and performance telemetry.
Integrate network telemetry into broader monitoring and alerting platforms.
Contribute to operational runbooks standard operating procedures and reliability improvements.

Documentation & Cross-Team Collaboration

Maintain accurate network documentation topology diagrams IP address management and configuration records.
Work closely with Infrastructure Security Facilities and IT Operations teams.
Support new site builds expansions relocations and lab deployments.
Provide Tier III or escalation-level technical support and guidance to operations teams.

Minimum Qualifications

7 years of hands-on network engineering experience in production environments.
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site on-prem and cloud-adjacent networks.
Experience operating in security-sensitive or regulated environments.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Industry certifications such as CCNP CCIE or equivalent advanced hands-on experience.
Experience with SD-WAN data center fabrics or EVPN/VXLAN.
Familiarity with precision time protocols (PTP / IEEE.1AS) and QoS or traffic engineering.
Experience with automation frameworks and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
Experience in aerospace defense manufacturing or other regulated mission-critical environments.

Technical Skills

Expert knowledge of Layer 2/3 networking technologies including VLANs trunking STP link aggregation OSPF and BGP.
Hands-on experience designing and deploying high-availability architectures (HSRP/VRRP MLAG stacking).
Strong experience with network segmentation VRFs ACLs NAC and 802.1X.
Experience with enterprise wireless networks VPNs and WAN connectivity.
Strong troubleshooting skills across complex distributed network environments.
Experience in Cisco-leaning environments including traditional enterprise platforms and Meraki or other cloud-managed solutions. Experience with other enterprise networking platforms (for example Juniper Arista Palo Alto Fortinet Aruba or similar) is also acceptable.

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role level location and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills education experience technical capabilities and internal addition to base salary for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and access to medical vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Impulse Spaces spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e. U.S. citizen U.S. national lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) an individual granted asylum in the U.S. or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State Commerce or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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As a Senior Network Engineer at Impulse you will be responsible for the full lifecycle of network infrastructure including design implementation operation and continuous improvement across enterprise inter-site manufacturing lab/test mission-critical data center and cloud-adjacent environments.This ...