Senior Network Security Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Starbase, TXHawthorne, CAPalo Alto
Posted: 12 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

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The Sr. Network Security Engineer joins the team to design, implement, and operate security for corporate and enterprise networks. This hands-on role involves turning operational requirements into production architectures by designing and maintaining network segmentation, routing, and access controls. The engineer will configure security controls, lead technical design reviews, define security patterns, and serve as an escalation point for incidents. Key responsibilities include managing firewalls and related platforms such as Palo Alto, Check Point, Juniper, and Arista. Required technical skills include experience with switch and router ACLs, IPsec and TLS-based VPNs, web application firewalls, email security, and SIEM logging. The role focuses on securing IT infrastructure, applications, and APIs while ensuring robust network security across complex multi-path networks.

Skills

Network Security Palo Alto Check Point Juniper Arista Firewalls eBGP ACLs IPsec TLS Web Application Firewall SIEM OSI Model Network Segmentation Routing Access Control

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.
Analyze operational needs to develop secure network solutions for security challenges.

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.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.
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).

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