Role: Network and Infrastructure Engineer (US)
Employment Type: Full Time
Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, network engineering, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Work Experience: 4+ years of hands-on network and infrastructure engineering experience.
Strong experience with enterprise firewalls, switching, routing, VLANs, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, wireless networks, and network segmentation. Must be a US Citizen
Role Description: Pixxel is seeking a hands-on Network and Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, secure, document, and maintain the infrastructure supporting its U.S. aerospace and satellite operations.
This role will own day-to-day network and infrastructure reliability while implementing the technical safeguards required to protect Pixxel systems, Federal Contract Information (FCI), and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The engineer will work closely with the Cybersecurity Engineer to support CMMC Level 2 compliance, NIST SP 800-171 implementation, and ongoing assessment readiness.
Responsibilities & Duties:
Network Engineering and Security
- Design, implement, configure, and maintain Pixxel’s corporate and protected network environments.
- Administer and secure Meraki and Fortinet firewalls, switches, wireless access points, VPNs, and related network services.
- Maintain appropriate separation among corporate systems, protected systems, CUI-related environments, guest networks, and untrusted devices.
- Configure and regularly review firewall rules, access control lists, VPN access, routing, DNS, DHCP, wireless security, and administrative interfaces.
- Apply secure network configuration standards and disable unnecessary services, ports, protocols, and functionality.
- Monitor network availability, capacity, performance, and security events.
- Investigate network outages, configuration issues, unauthorized connections, and suspicious activity.
- Perform root-cause analysis and document corrective and preventive actions.
- Maintain secure remote-access solutions with multifactor authentication.
- Evaluate and support implementation of zero-trust, secure web gateway, and network-access-control technologies.
Infrastructure and Systems Administration
- Administer Windows, macOS, and Linux systems supporting Pixxel’s business and technical operations.
- Manage identity, endpoint, and device configurations using JumpCloud and other approved systems.
- Support Google Workspace Enterprise administration, security configurations, authentication, and access controls.
- Implement secure configurations, operating-system hardening, patching, encryption, and device-compliance requirements.
- Support AWS and hybrid infrastructure, including connectivity, identity integration, logging, storage, and secure configurations.
- Maintain infrastructure monitoring, backups, recovery procedures, and business continuity capabilities.
- Automate infrastructure configuration and deployment using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
- Manage infrastructure capacity, lifecycle, warranty, licensing, and replacement planning.
CMMC and NIST Technical Implementation
- Implement assigned technical requirements supporting NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.
- Protect systems that process, store, or transmit FCI, CUI, and other sensitive information.
- Implement least privilege, network segmentation, secure configurations, multifactor authentication, logging, encryption, and controlled remote access.
- Maintain asset inventories, network diagrams, data-flow diagrams, configuration baselines, firewall records, and system architecture documentation.
- Produce objective evidence showing that assigned technical controls are implemented and operating as documented.
- Participate in control testing, gap assessments, internal reviews, tabletop exercises, and external assessments.
- Remediate identified infrastructure vulnerabilities and compliance gaps by established deadlines.
- Support maintenance of the System Security Plan, Body of Evidence, and Plans of Action and Milestones.
- Immediately report control failures, unauthorized changes, missed milestones, or technical conditions that could place CUI at risk.
Vulnerability and Configuration Management
- Coordinate authenticated vulnerability scanning of network devices, servers, endpoints, and cloud infrastructure.
- Review findings, determine technical impact, prioritize remediation, and validate closure.
- Establish and maintain secure configuration baselines.
- Perform periodic configuration and firewall-rule reviews.
- Test and deploy patches and firmware updates within approved remediation timelines.
- Track exceptions and unsupported systems through the approved risk-management process.
- Ensure infrastructure changes follow documented change-control and approval procedures.
Documentation and Communication
- Maintain current network diagrams, configuration records, recovery procedures, SOPs, system inventories, and administrative guides.
- Document infrastructure work, owners, dependencies, milestones, and completion evidence in Jira or another approved platform.
- Provide timely status updates and communicate anticipated delays before deadlines are missed.
- Escalate outages, security concerns, compliance gaps, and project blockers promptly.
- Complete assigned work from initial planning through implementation, testing, documentation, and handoff.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, IT, engineering, facilities, People Operations, leadership, and external service providers.
Desirable Skills & Certifications:
- Reliable and secure network and infrastructure operations.
- Current and accurate network, system, and configuration documentation.
- Timely vulnerability, patch, and configuration remediation.
- Effective network segmentation and protection of the CUI environment.
- Complete technical evidence for assigned compliance requirements.
- Accurate status reporting and early communication of risks or delays.
- Infrastructure projects completed, tested, documented, and handed off by agreed deadlines.
Candidate Acumen: The ideal candidate can independently take infrastructure projects from planning through implementation, testing, documentation, and operational handoff. Clear communication, realistic timelines, complete documentation, and timely escalation of risks or blockers are essential.
Benefits:
Health insurance coverage
Unlimited leaves & flexible working hours
In office role (LA)Relocation assistance
Professional Mental Wellness services
Employee Stock Options for all hires
About Pixxel
Pixxel is a space data company and spacecraft manufacturer redefining Earth observation with hyperspectral imaging. The company’s first three commercial hyperspectral satellites—Fireflies—deliver imagery at 5-meter resolution and 135+ spectral bands, providing 50x richer detail than traditional Earth observation systems and unlocking insights across agriculture, climate, energy, environment, and more.
Once fully deployed, Pixxel’s constellation of 18-24 satellites will capture imagery across up to 250 bands in VNIR and SWIR ranges, with a 40 km swath and daily global revisit capability. Pixxel’s most unique strength is its full-stack approach, integrating every layer of the value chain from satellite hardware and manufacturing to AI-powered analytics.
Pixxel’s satellite constellation is complemented by Aurora, its in-house Earth Observation Studio that simplifies satellite imagery analysis and democratises remote sensing for all. Designed to make hyperspectral data more accessible, Aurora by Pixxel combines high-frequency imagery with AI-powered tools to generate actionable insights, even for users without technical backgrounds. The third pillar of Pixxel’s ecosystem is its in-house satellite manufacturing capability. Beyond building its own spacecraft, Pixxel also provides satellite systems and subsystems to other organisations. This dual capacity sets it apart in a sector where most companies focus on either payload design or data operations, but not both.
Pixxel’s team is young but deeply mission-aligned, with a culture rooted in curiosity, speed, and long-term thinking. As the company grows its constellation and expands Aurora, the focus remains on making space-based insights practical, scalable, and genuinely helpful so that the health of the planet becomes measurable and action becomes possible.
Pixxel was the only Indian startup selected for the Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator in Los Angeles and has been recognised in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Via Satellite’s Top Innovators list.
For more information, see our Careers page or follow Pixxel on LinkedIn and X/Twitter.
Culture
Pixxel is an organization where we enable our employees to work on world-changing problems that they are passionate about, and a place where they can be their best selves day in and day out while ensuring they have fun every day.
Central to our employee-first ethos is a commitment to ensuring that every team member feels valued and heard. We nurture a healthy and supportive work environment where we prioritise well-being and growth in all aspects of life.
Link to Pixxel in Media
To know more about us, visit . https://www.notion.so/pixxelspacetech/Pixxel-in-Media-92a5072f085e4300a0defa1ba2d37149
Pay: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
Work Location: In person
