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Principal Transport and IP Network Engineer

Dallas, TX · Principal

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What this role is

This principal-level role owns the complete networking infrastructure—routers, switches, firewalls, optical systems—for satellite gateways that connect to terrestrial networks and cloud environments. The position suits a deeply technical carrier-network engineer with 5+ years designing and deploying production-grade IP, MPLS, BGP, and SDN systems who can lead integration and testing of new hardware designs from lab to global scale.

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What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, telecommunications engineering, or related field
5+ years carrier-grade IP network engineering experience
Demonstrated production ownership of routing, switching, firewall, and optical transport infrastructure
Experience defining hardware/software SKUs, acceptance test plans, and golden configurations
Leadership of First Office Application or first-deployment validation efforts
Hands-on competence in MPLS, segment routing, BGP, routing policy, SDN, traffic engineering, QoS, multicast, data-center and cloud networking, transport resiliency, and network security

Nice to have

Experience with satellite ground-segment, teleport, or geographically distributed gateway networking
CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent vendor-neutral routing/switching certification
Direct experience working with Mobile Network Operators on interconnect design or interoperability testing
Familiarity with NCC/OSS systems integration with IP transport
Experience with network telemetry, automation, and infrastructure-as-code tooling
Background integrating optical transport/DWDM systems into IP network architecture