Senior Network Systems Engineer
ForterraEast Palo Alto, California, United States • Maryland, United States • Virginia, United States
Posted May 1, 2026
140000 - 185000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Forterra is a technology company that builds autonomous systems to enable national resilience and a robust supply chain.
Job Description
At Forterra, we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. We are seeking a Senior Network Systems Engineer to deploy, operate, and troubleshoot Vektor's network infrastructure across field sites and cloud environments.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on network engineering experience (vendor-agnostic routers and switches)
- Strong L2/L3 fundamentals — routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, or Babel), VLANs, trunking, QoS, NAT/PAT, multicast, IPv4 + IPv6
- Strong Linux systems experience — systemd, networkd, Netplan, iptables, SSH, Docker
Benefits
- Premium Healthcare Benefits
- Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans
- Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year
- Minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption
- $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend
- 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%
- Generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December
- Fully stocked beverage refrigerators
