Network Engineer Job Boulder area,Colorado USA,Engineering

Description

Lockheed Martin is a global leader in aerospace, defense, and technology solutions, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of innovation and shaping the future of the industry. With a rich legacy of excellence and a commitment to delivering advanced capabilities to our customers, we are proud to be at the forefront of cutting‑edge technology and engineering.

Who We Are

LM Space:
What We're Doing

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more – we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

The Work

Lockheed Martin is seeking a talented level 2 Network Engineer with a Secret clearance to work from our Boulder, CO location.

Join a team where your network expertise will keep the sensors that watch the sky running flawlessly, give our warfighters the split‑second advantage they need, and help keep the world safe.

SBIRS and the Next‑Gen GEO OPIR ground stations form the backbone of the United States’ missile‑warning architecture. By delivering near‑real‑time, high‑confidence detection of ballistic missile launches and other hostile trajectories, these systems provide life‑saving early warning for the warfighter, enable rapid decision‑making, and support cueing of defensive interceptors and command‑and‑control assets.

The Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Infrastructure Team is seeking a Network Engineer to design, build, and sustain the ground‑station platform that supports both SBIRS and the Next‑Gen GEO OPIR ground stations. In this role you will work closely with software, security, and mission engineers to deliver ultra‑reliable, secure, and scalable ground‑systems that enable continuous infrared surveillance and missile‑warning capabilities for legacy and next‑generation satellite constellations.

Responsibilities

Design and plan network communications systems.
Provide specifications and detailed schematics for network architecture.
Provide specific detailed information for hardware and software selection, implementation techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements.
Conduct testing of network design.
Maintain technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, multiplexers, firewalls, hubs, bridges, gateways, etc. Evaluate and report on new communications technologies to enhance capabilities of the network.

This is an EMERGING PROFESSIONAL (level
2) role where candidates typically require 1+ years of professional experience and a BS degree.

Basic Qualifications

Design, build, test and troubleshoot network systems.
Current active clearance.
A fast learner who has ability to work in a team setting, in addition to the ability to receive taskings from the team and drive to completion independently.
Foundational understanding of routing and switching protocols.
Foundational understanding of TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS.
Foundational understanding of firewall policies.
Foundational understanding of network administration.
Foundational understanding of Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switching platforms.
Foundational understanding of maintenance and troubleshooting tools including but not limited to Wireshark, Splunk, Infoblox NetMRI.
Familiar with DISA STIG checklist and hardening Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches.
Create change management tickets and tracking.
Jira and Confluence experience.

Desired Skills

Experience operating within Red Hat based environments.
Experience with TACLANE configuration.
Experience with Cisco Next Gen Firewalls.
Experience with ISE (TACACS+).
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