Senior Systems Engineer

[…] is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the SPARTAN team in Colorado Springs, CO , supporting the U.S. Space Force. SPARTAN is a secure, distributed network that connects Space Force bases, mission partners, and cloud environments across CONUS and OCONUS locations.

The network is operational today and is growing quickly. This is a senior position and the first dedicated systems engineering role on the program. You will establish the systems engineering foundation for SPARTAN.

Your first major task is to lead the design and build of the SPARTAN out-of-band (OOB) management network. You will work directly with the Chief Systems Architect, the network engineering team, and the cybersecurity team. The OOB network gives a future Network Operations and Security Center (NOSC) independent access to monitor, manage, and recover every node, including when the primary network is degraded.

This role is hands-on. You will help define the stack, build it in the lab, and field it at operational sites.

Out-of-Band Network Design and Build: Lead the systems engineering of the SPARTAN OOB management network through fielding. Define the OOB architecture with the network engineers. This includes management switching and routing, console access, segmentation, and a transport path that remains independent of the mission data plane.

Design and build the management services hosted on the OOB network. These include authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA), di