Space Force - Network Engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems in Arizona
- Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems
- Location: Arizona
- Posted: Sep 17, 2026
- Type: Full Time
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
As a Network Engineering Support for Satellite Ground Systems, you’ll be a member of a cross functional team. Responsibilities of this role include requirements analysis, design, documentation, implementation, requirements verification, maintenance, and troubleshooting functions for data communicati…
Responsibilities
- As a Network Engineering Support for Satellite Ground Systems, you’ll be a member of a cross functional team. Responsibilities of this role include requirements analysis, design, documentation, implementation, requirements verification, maintenance, and troubleshooting functions for data communications networks in support of the SDA program. This position requires travel to deployment sites in the US.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
- CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
- We encourage you to apply if you have any of these preferred skills or experiences:
- Enterprise Network Design/topology
- High speed network design and implementation
- Juniper Networks Certified Administrator (JNCIA-Junos, JNCIPis preferred or Cisco CCNA certification , CCNP preferred
- Proficiency with Juniper SRX-series of firewall devices
- Maintenance of Network topology that utilize Linux IDM/Windows Servers for DNS and Account Management, Juniper Firewalls, Arista Switches and NAS/SAN storage
- Familiarity with Multicast, and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc)
- Experience with vulnerability scanning, hardening, and resolution of findings
- Written skills to include development and maintenance of documentation for network, system, operations, etc.
- Familiarity with public cloud computing networking and services, including AWS
- Familiarity with VMware vSphere and virtual machines
- Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system
Skills
Required
- Network engineering
- Requirements analysis
- Design
- Documentation
- Implementation
- Requirements verification
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Data communications networks
- Travel to deployment sites in the US
Preferred
- Enterprise Network Design/topology