Network Engineer (Test Engineering, Aerospace)

Location: Redondo Beach, United States. Onsite. Applicants must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain an export license under applicable U.S. export regulations.

Salary: $125,000–$155,000 per year, plus potential stock options and benefits.

Company

hirify.global Space develops in-space transportation vehicles and services for orbital transport, payload deployment, and precision reentry.

What you will do

• Design, implement, maintain, and improve enterprise, inter-site, manufacturing, laboratory, mission-critical, data center, and cloud-adjacent network infrastructure.
• Configure routing, switching, wireless, WAN, VPN, SD-WAN, high-availability solutions, QoS, and network connectivity.
• Implement segmentation and security controls using VLANs, VRFs, ACLs, firewalls, NAC/802.1X, zero-trust-aligned access controls, logging, and monitoring.
• Monitor network health and performance, troubleshoot across Layers 1–7, respond to incidents, and conduct root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Support test campaigns and time-sensitive mission-critical activities, including firmware upgrades, hardware refreshes, capacity planning, site builds, relocations, and laboratory deployments.
• Develop network automation and telemetry with Python, Ansible, Terraform, and related monitoring tools; maintain diagrams, IP address records, configurations, and operational runbooks.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on network engineering or network administration experience in production environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting multi-site, on-premises, and cloud-adjacent networks in change-controlled, security-sensitive, or similarly structured production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2/3 networking, including VLANs, trunking, STP, link aggregation, OSPF, and familiarity with BGP.
• Hands-on experience with high-availability technologies such as HSRP/VRRP, MLAG, or stacking.
• Working knowledge of network segmentation, VRFs, and ACLs, with exposure to NAC or 802.1X.
• Experience with enterprise wireless networks, VPNs, WAN connectivity, and troubleshooting distributed network environments.
• Experience in Cisco-leaning environments, including traditional enterprise platforms and Meraki or other cloud-managed solutions; experience with Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba, or similar platforms is also acceptable.
• Eligibility to work under applicable U.S. export regulations as a U.S. Person or a person eligible to obtain an export license.

Nice to have

• At least 5 years of hands-on network engineering or network administration experience in production environments.
• CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience with SD-WAN, data center fabrics, or EVPN/VXLAN.
• Familiarity with PTP/IEEE 1588, 802.1AS, QoS, or traffic engineering.
• Experience with automation frameworks, scripting, or infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or other regulated, mission-critical environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in the Information Technology department.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Potential long-term incentives in the form of stock options.
• Work in an onsite, operationally critical environment supporting spacecraft manufacturing and testing.

Hiring process

• Application received and resume review.
• Introductory phone interview followed by technical phone interview(s).
• Onsite interview and offer stage.