Senior Staff / Senior Network Engineer

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.

Important Notice : SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. SciTec cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employee work visas of any type. Further, U.S. citizenship is a requirement to obtain and keep a security clearance. Applicants that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.

SciTec has an immediate opportunity for a talented Network Engineer to join our team in Boulder, CO. Successful applicants will bring deep experience with network engineering, a readiness to work hands-on keyboard to solve challenging network problems, a strong collaborative spirit, experience successfully mentoring junior team members, superior problem solving skills, a passion for security and data protection, and a clear focus on supporting customer needs.

Responsibilities

Design and deploy highly performant, secure data center networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN) as a member of product teams and corporate infrastructure teams

Configure and install, routers, and other network devices

Monitor key network indicators (e.g., network performance, device health, status, integrity, etc.)

Resolve issues escalated by lower service desk tiers by troubleshooting deployed, cloud, and local infrastructure

Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness

Mentor team members on technical issues

Create, oversee, and test security measures (e.g., access authentication and disaster recovery)

Communicate with users to design and field optimal solutions

Design and implement solutions to deliver superior network performance, capacity and scalability

Maintain complete technical documentation

Other duties as assigned