Job brief: Sr. Network Engineer (Starshield)

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• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $165,000 to $265,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Hawthorne, CA · Redmond, WA
• Posted: 2026-06-26 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Sr".

Must have

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline AND 5+ years of professional networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions or cloud and web-scale network…
• OR 7+ years of professional networking experience deploying enterprise network solutions or cloud and web-scale networks in lieu of a degree
• Master’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline
• Cisco, Juniper, Arista or other industry certification
• Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance
• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

Conditions

• Experience with physical troubleshooting of fiber & circuits
• Must be willing to travel domestically and globally in the future when needed
• Must be available for on-call rotations
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Main duties

• Manage and expand network interconnections, network co-location sites and points of presence (POPs)
• Manage network infrastructure and deployments to Top Secret datacenters
• Improve network performance and reliability based upon system performance metrics, including capacity planning, failure detection and remediation
• Assist in capacity augmentation and network optimization deployments
• Lead network integration and troubleshooting efforts

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for it and help desk jobs in California: $152k a year (85 listings, 25 employers). This listing is 42% higher.
• Across SpaceX's 2,895 open listings, 60% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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