Network Effects Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a Network Effects Engineer to design, model, and secure complex communication and cyber-physical networks that underpin critical defense and aerospace missions. In APL's mission-driven, collaborative culture, you'll work with experts in IT and cybersecurity to analyze large-scale network interactions, develop simulations and tools, and architect resilient, secure networked systems. You'll tackle real-world national security challenges while benefiting from strong support for research, innovation, advanced degrees, and long-term professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Model, analyze, and engineer large-scale communication and cyber-physical networks for defense and aerospace missions.
• Design secure, resilient network architectures to support advanced sensing, C2, and autonomous systems.
• Develop simulations and analytical tools to study network effects, performance, and vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in IT and cybersecurity to transition research into deployed capabilities.
• Conduct experiments, analyze data, and publish or brief findings to sponsors and technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with emerging network, cyber, and space technologies and apply them to mission challenges.

Required Skills

• Network modeling and simulation
• Graph theory and complex networks
• Network security engineering
• Cybersecurity architecture
• Systems engineering
• Python or similar scripting
• Network protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, SDN)
• Data analysis and visualization
• Cloud and virtualized networking
• Risk assessment and threat modeling