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Astranis Space Technologies · 4 months ago

Senior Network Automation Engineer

San Francisco

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $200K/yr

5+ years exp

Astranis is a company that has successfully launched satellites and secured significant commercial deals, backed by a strong team of engineers. They are seeking a Senior Network Automation Engineer to design and automate their global network services infrastructure, ensuring reliable and scalable satellite-based connectivity for customers. This role involves transforming manual processes into automated workflows and providing technical leadership in networking and automation practices.

AerospaceInternetSatellite CommunicationTelecommunications

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage automated network solutions with a focus on reliability, maintainability, scalability, and security

Develop and maintain automation frameworks for network provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring (e.g., using Ansible, Terraform, Python, cacti, PRTG)

Conduct detailed network analysis, performance tuning, and troubleshooting—leveraging automation to streamline these processes

Manage deployment of satellite ground systems in private data centers and integrate them seamlessly with customer networks

Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to design automated workflows for network infrastructure deployment and updates

Participate in on-call rotations to rapidly troubleshoot and resolve network issues, with an emphasis on automated incident response

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers in both networking and automation best practices

Qualification

Network automationRouting protocolsAutomation toolsScripting skillsCI/CD conceptsMonitoring infrastructureNetwork securityAnalytical skillsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsTechnical leadershipMentorship

Required

5+ years of experience in network engineering, with at least 2+ years focused on network automation or DevOps integration

Deep understanding of routing protocols, particularly BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF

Hands-on experience with enterprise LAN/WAN networking and Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols including LACP, HSRP, MPLS, Spanning Tree, VLANs, GRE, GTP, IPv4, and IPv6

Proven ability to design and deploy automated network configurations and provisioning at scale along with effective monitoring of hundreds of nodes and network links

Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent

Experience building monitoring infrastructure using tools such as cacti, zabbix, PRTG

Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or similar

Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and version control systems (e.g., Git) for network configuration management

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills

Ability to handle on-call support and occasional travel

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required