Network security engineer [h1.location_city]

Job Description

Job Description

About the Company

We are a renewable energy and ocean technology company committed to rapidly developing and deploying technologies that will ensure a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans. Our focus is on capturing civilizational levels of ultra-low-cost renewable energy for applications including computing and affordable renewable fuels delivered to shore.

The company is a public benefit corporation headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and backed by leading venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, university endowments, and private investment offices. We operate as an idea meritocracy in which the best ideas change the company's direction on a regular basis.

About the Job

We're looking for a Corporate Network Engineer to join our IT team and establish the network infrastructure that will enable our teams to advance renewable energy technology and ocean-based computing. You'll be building from the ground up—designing and implementing the corporate office network infrastructure that connects our Portland headquarters, lab facilities, and future locations as we scale.

This is a foundational technical role. You'll own the architecture and operation of our corporate networks, including wired and wireless infrastructure, while also establishing the standards, automation, and documentation that future network engineers will rely on. You'll bring both depth of networking expertise and the flexibility to work in a startup environment, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term scalability.

This role requires regular on-site presence in our Portland office and facilities. You'll need to be comfortable doing hands-on work, whether that's racking equipment, conducting wireless site surveys, coordinating with contractors during buildouts, or troubleshooting physical infrastructure. You are a team player with a "roll up your sleeves" attitude who can move seamlessly between strategic planning and tactical execution.

Candidates should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to thrive in a creative, scrappy, and collaborative environment in which the best ideas change the company's direction on a regular basis. Our team members have worked at organizations such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Virgin Orbit, Virgin Galactic, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, New Relic, Bridgewater, Raytheon, Disney Imagineering, and the naval architecture faculty of the University of Michigan. The company is structured as a public benefit corporation and backed by leading venture capital firms.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement corporate office network infrastructure from the ground up, including wired and wireless networks, across our Portland campus and future locations.
• Establish network standards, best practices, and architectural patterns that will scale as we rapidly expand our facilities and headcount.
• Build and maintain high-performance wireless networks that support dense user environments, lab equipment, and diverse device requirements.
• Develop automation tools and monitoring solutions to ensure network reliability and rapid issue resolution.
• Partner with Facilities team to plan and integrate network infrastructure into new office, lab and industrial facility buildouts and expansions.
• Manage vendor relationships, oversee circuit procurement, and handle equipment lifecycle planning.
• Create comprehensive documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases in Confluence for network operations.
• Implement network security controls including segmentation, access control, and firewall policies.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure seamless connectivity between office networks and cloud resources (GCP, Azure).
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide network support and incident response.

Growth Opportunities

This role is intentionally designed with room to stretch. Depending on your interests and growth, you may also :

What We're Looking For

Bonus Points

The above qualifications are desired, not required. We encourage you to apply if you are a strong candidate with only some of the desired skills and experience listed.

Why Join Us?

At Panthalassa, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and impact. In this role, you'll get the chance to build network infrastructure from the ground up, establish the standards that will enable our scale, and grow alongside a company that's tackling one of the most critical challenges of our time : sustainable energy for humanity's future.

Compensation and Benefits

If hired for this full-time role, you will receive :

Flexible paid time off

Location

This is an on-site position with expectation of regular presence in our Portland facilities (4+ days / week). Our offices, lab, and shop are located in Portland, Oregon . This position may require occasional domestic and international travel for new office or facility buildouts.