WAN Engineer & Architect

Globalstar pioneered personal safety by introducing its SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger in 2007. Today, leveraging its low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Globalstar reliably connects and protects assets, transmits key operational data, and saves lives – from any location – for consumers, industrial companies and government agencies in over 120 countries. With a portfolio that includes SPOT GPS messengers, next-generation IoT products and modems, and cloud-based telematics solutions, Globalstar’s cost effective satellite-powered innovations give users visibility and intelligence for improving safety and operational efficiencies.

• Work/Life Balance:
  Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
• Financial Benefits:
  
  401(k) Plan with Company Match, Employee Stock Purchase Program, Voluntary and Company Paid Group Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Medical FSA, Dependent Care, Competitive Salaries
• Health & Wellness:
  Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Comprehensive and Interactive Wellness Program

• None. Provides technical mentorship to network engineering staff.

• Responsible for end-to-end WAN design, implementation, support, and documentation. Platforms include firewalls, routers, and Layer 2 switching related to SD-WAN, point-to-point, and WAVE telecom circuits.
• Own BGP routing design and operations at scale — peering, transit, communities, traffic engineering, and route policy across carrier, cloud, and internal domains.
• Lead SD-WAN architecture and operations (Cato Networks), including site onboarding, policy design, overlay/underlay routing preference, and integration with security controls.
• Traffic routing, security, bandwidth, and QoS control on the WAN network
• Architect and manage cloud interconnect via Equinix Fabric and direct connections to AWS and other cloud providers
• Design and support data center fabric technologies including EVPN/VXLAN
• Engineering of diverse access fiber plant at ground stations and demarc extensions, including review of carrier KMZ route data to ensure physical path diversity
• Own network observability and SLA assurance using Kentik and related monitoring platforms — flow analytics, synthetic testing, capacity trending, anomaly detection, and customer-facing SLA reporting; troubleshoot WAN-related issues to rapid resolution
• Maintain WAN configuration and backups of WAN edge devices
• Test and turn-up of new WAN circuits with telco and ground station staff
• Partner with cybersecurity on segmentation, zero trust initiatives, and compliance-driven network controls (NIST 800-171, SOC
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• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and runbooks
• Lead vendor and carrier relationships: circuit procurement, escalations, and technology evaluation
• Interface with IT, other network engineers, and other departments as required

• WAN design: Expert experience with WAN architectures (MPLS, VPN, SD-WAN, MP-BGP, DIA, DWDM/wave services)
• Routing: Expert-level BGP — route reflectors, communities, path manipulation, multihoming, and production troubleshooting;
  Cisco IOS-XE/NX-OS at an expert level, multi-vendor experience (Arista, Juniper) a plus
• Data center fabric: Hands-on EVPN/VXLAN design and operations
• Network security: Firewall configurations, ACLs, segmentation, and threat mitigation
• Cloud connectivity: AWS VPC/Transit Gateway/Direct Connect and interconnection platforms such as Equinix Fabric; familiarity with Azure and Google Cloud connectivity options
• Monitoring and observability: Experience operating network monitoring/observability platforms (Kentik strongly preferred; Net Flow/sFlow/IPFIX analytics, SNMP, streaming telemetry, synthetic monitoring) in an environment with contractual SLAs
• Automation: Familiarity with network automation and configuration tools (Ansible, Python, Net Box, etc.)
• Optical: Has used leased wave technologies and able to design and turn up associated systems

• Facility design: Understanding of data center design principles, power, cooling, and space planning
• Redundancy…