Job Description
Principle Network Engineer
Houston, TX
About Intuitive Machines:
Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With multiple NASA lunar missions in development and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting NASA, our customers, and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety.
About the Position: We're seeking a network expert who can lead the design, implementation, and optimization of hybrid network environments with a focus on resiliency, scalability, and security. You'll troubleshoot complex connectivity issues, contribute to long-term roadmap planning, and develop tools to monitor and enforce compliance.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement complex hybrid network architectures in support of ongoing business initiatives.
- Champion continuous improvement to existing designs and methodologies
- Participate in multi-year roadmap planning sessions with a focus on flexibility and resiliency in support of company long-term direction.
- Develop and utilize centralized configuration tools to allow monitoring and reporting on compliance with cyber policy.
- Perform advanced diagnostics and resolve complex connectivity issues affecting business revenue opportunities
- Advise programs on network design, security and compliance standards, communicating with a broad spectrum of multi discipline engineers and leadership.
- Provide guidance to a team of network engineers on the technical implementation and support of hybrid networks.
Requirements:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Willing to obtain CompTIA Security + or equivalent certification
- Willing and able to obtain Security Clearance
- Willing and able to pass CI Polygraph
- Requires 15+ years' experience administering LANs and WANs in a complex operational environment with high uptime requirements
- Knowledge of data / IP networking and protocols (e.g., VXLAN/EVPN, BGP, OSPF, GRE, TCP, FTP, DNS)
- 8+years experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls
- 8+years experience with Juniper routers, switches, and firewalls
- 8+years experience creating and maintaining documentation of solutions
- Experience with network security issues and solutions
- Experience creating and maintaining monitoring in a large-scale enterprise environment
- Strong verbal and written communications skills, including creation of SOPs, maintenance plans, network drawings, etc.
- Strong analytical abilities
- Must possess a strong client focus
- Participation in on-call rotation, minimum onsite requirement 3 days / week.
Preferred Requirements:
- Active/current security clearance with polygraph
- Valid CompTIA Security + or equivalent certification
- Professional certifications in at least one technology solution.
- Experience with Juniper routers, switches, and firewalls
- Experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls
- Experience with Zabbix or similar monitoring solutions
- Experience with cloud-based connectivity models
- Experience with centralized DNS/DHCP solutions
- Experience with network automation
- Experience with wireless technologies and load balancers
US EEO Statement:
Intuitive Machines is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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3 days per week