Staff Engineer, Network Design

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The world still has coverage blind spots. You could help eliminate them at Skylo. Skylo has pioneered a standards-based approach to satellite connectivity. We connect smartphones and IoT devices directly to satellites. No special hardware, no entirely new networks. Just billions of existing devices, suddenly reachable anywhere on Earth. We're not building toward this future. We're already in it. Our direct-to-device service is live on millions of activated devices across five continents, covering more than 72 million square kilometers, in partnership with leading satellite operators, mobile network operators, Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs worldwide. And we're just getting started. At the heart of it all is Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN: a 3GPP standards-based, cloud-native platform that seamlessly bridges terrestrial and satellite networks. It's the infrastructure that makes true anywhere, anytime connectivity possible. When you join Skylo, you'll work at the intersection of three markets reshaping how the world stays connected: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT. Enabling people outdoors and critical workflows in the world's most remote places. This is a rare chance to work on technology that matters, at a company that's already proving it works This role is located Mountain View, CA where we are onsite 3 days a week in office. Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo Skylo is hiring a Staff Engineer, Network Design to help fulfill Skylo's mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. This individual will play a critical role in designing and optimizing networking infrastructure on-prem and in cloud for Skylo's commercial network ensuring seamless integration between business needs and technology. How You Will Contribute Specify & Design network infrastructure including routers, switches, and firewalls. Design technical specifications for IP addressing, subnets & VLANs Design technical specifications for networking redundancies using VRRP, BGP and OSPF. Design technical specifications for Layer 2 technologies like Link Aggregation (LAG) and LACP. Design virtual networking solutions across on-prem and public cloud environments (AWS, GCP) Design and optimize Kubernetes Container Network Interfaces (CNI) such as Calico, Cilium, or Flannel. Develop robust and scalable routing policies and tables with virtual/physical routers and switches. Design comprehensive networking security strategies. Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to ensure high availability and scalability Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Security teams to support network requirements in CI/CD and cloud-native deployments Document network architecture, configurations, and procedures for compliance, support and training purposes Conduct proof-of-solutions to validate technical proposals. What We Look For 10+ years of experience in cellular and non-cellular telecom domains. Hands-on experience in TCP/IP, network routing and redundancy, and network tunnelling protocols. Hands-on experience with network connection aggregation technologies (e.g. LAG, LACP) Knowledge with configuration and optimisations of network hardware such as switches, routers, firewalls and LAN/WAN systems. Experience working with public cloud networking (AWS VPCs, Azure VNets, GCP networking, etc.) Proficiency with virtual networking in cloud and virtualization platforms (VMware NSX, Hyper-V, etc.) Practical knowledge of Kubernetes CNI plugins and container networking Familiarity with network monitoring and automation tools (e.g., NetBox, Ansible, Terraform) Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills General knowledge of satellite based communication over LEO & GEO is a plus Industry certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, JNCIA/JNCIS, or equivalent is preferred Every role at Skylo uses AI tools daily to amplify output. We expect active habits using AI tools and a track record of folding new ones into your workflow quickly

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