Senior Network Security Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Palo Alto, CAHawthorne, CA
Salary
$165,000–$280,000 / yr
Posted
27 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · Senior Network Security Engineer

The Sr. Network Security Engineer is a senior individual contributor role responsible for designing, implementing, and operating security for corporate and enterprise networks. The engineer will perform hands-on work including designing segmentation, routing, and access controls while turning operational requirements into production architectures. Key responsibilities involve configuring security controls, leading technical design reviews, defining security patterns, and driving incidents to root cause. The role requires expertise in firewalls from vendors like Palo Alto, Check Point, Juniper, and Arista. Candidates should possess skills in eBGP fabrics, switch/router ACLs, IPsec and TLS-based VPNs, web application firewalls, email security, and SIEM logging. This position addresses the technical challenge of securing IT infrastructure, applications, endpoints, and APIs within a complex production environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and support network security for corporate and enterprise environments.
  • Configure and maintain network security controls, policies, and architectures based on operational requirements.
  • Implement and maintain network segmentation, routing, and access controls.
  • Lead technical design reviews for network security changes and define security patterns.
  • Serve as an escalation point for network security issues and drive root cause analysis.
  • Test and implement security changes in production environments using change control.
  • Operate firewalls and related platforms including Palo Alto, Check Point, Juniper, and Arista.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 5+ years of network security experience.
  • 8+ years of network security experience in lieu of a degree.
  • 3+ years of experience securing networks, IT infrastructure, applications, endpoints, and/or APIs.
  • Experience with Palo Alto, Check Point, Juniper, and Arista firewalls (preferred).
  • Experience designing and configuring eBGP fabrics for large multi-path networks built from scratch (preferred).
  • Experience with switch/router ACLs, network access control solutions, IPsec/TLS VPNs, WAFs, email security, and SIEM logging (preferred).
  • Experience leading technical design reviews and defining network security patterns and standards (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.

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