Network Engineer II

Company Overview

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium's unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed.

Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves.

We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

Are you a Network Engineer with 2+ years of experience managing and maintaining mid-to-large LAN/WAN network devices looking for an opportunity with an amazing organization? Iridium has a role for you! The Network Engineer II will assist our Network Infrastructure team in maintaining the Mission, Commercial, and Enterprise networks. Working in this role, you'll gain valuable experience in maintaining functional network infrastructure and equipment, performing network and security testing, validation, and troubleshooting.

You'll thrive in this role if you enjoy learning and adapting to a fast-paced environment where you can use multiple skills to deliver high quality solutions.

• Maintain data center infrastructure equipment including network switches, routers, and firewalls including, but not limited to Cisco network devices such as Catalyst L3 switching and Nexus 7K/5K platforms, and Fortigate firewalls
• Provide real time troubleshooting, independent problem resolution, and present analysis/issues to team, as needed
• Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of networking and security hardware, and operating systems
• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the network and security industry, technologies, and best practices
• Participate in the development and maintenance of IT Documents (diagrams, procedures, etc.)
• Provide 24/7 on-call assistance on an as-needed basis

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar field, or 2+ years of related experience working with and maintaining mid-to-large scale LAN/WAN networks devices that include Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewall and other vendors networking technologies
• Hands-on experience configuring and maintaining routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP and other industry standard protocols commonly used with networking devices such as Spanning-Tree, VRF, VTP, and VSS
• Strong customer service orientation with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability and interest in developing an understanding of Iridium IT policies and procedures
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey technical network and security concepts to groups outside of your team or to those who are unfamiliar with the topic
• Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions
• Have confidence and be able to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team
• The ability to prioritize your tasks, be self-aware enough to identify and correct…