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Network Operations Engineer roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, where your employer documents that no qualified U.S. worker is available before filing an I-140 petition. Most positions require a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, making EB-3 the common pathway, with EB-2 available to advanced-degree professionals.
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Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.
At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.
What We’re Looking For:
Iridium is seeking an entry-level Network Operations Engineer to join our Gateway Network Operations team. In this role, you will help support and maintain Iridium’s Gateway telecom and data infrastructure, providing advanced operational and escalation support for ground systems operations teams including Gateway Technical Operations, Tier 2 Customer Support, and Service Delivery. You’ll work closely with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to troubleshoot complex issues, improve system reliability, and support the deployment of new systems and applications aligned with business and customer needs. This role is ideal for someone who is technically curious, adaptable, collaborative, and motivated to grow within a fast-paced operational engineering environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with vendors, subcontractors, and internal teams to troubleshoot and resolve operational issues
- Support the maintenance and administration of Gateway subsystems and services across both on-premises and cloud-based environments
- Administer and maintain remote monitoring and management systems, including updating agent scripts, responding to alerts, monitoring dashboards, and performing periodic system reviews
- Identify, investigate, and resolve operations issues and work closely with operations teams to improve maintenance procedures and provide successful troubleshooting
- Collaborate with team members to ensure high quality products are ready to deploy into production according to assigned schedule
- Assist in Investigating and resolving escalated customer and operational support tickets
- Contribute to the creation and refinement of maintenance documents for all Gateway network element systems and network infrastructure
- Provide technical support across internal teams and external partners
- Support the reliability, availability, and performance of the Iridium service suite
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or related field OR equivalent relevant experience in lieu of degree
- Working knowledge of installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux operating systems (Red Hat/CentOS), IP network infrastructure, SIP services, Python-based tools, and Oracle/MySQL databases
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate key messages and ideas clearly and effectively
- Can cultivate meaningful relationships with your manager and members of your team, while being open and responsive to constructive feedback as they guide and mentor you
- The ability to think outside the box to help solve problems, with the humility to ask for help when needed
- Adaptability to a dynamic environment and the readiness to take on any new tasks that are handed to you
- A motivation to achieve outcomes and results
Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:
- Any AWS certification (i.e., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, etc.)
- Knowledge of any of the following:
- Communications systems architecture development
- Circuit and packet switched voice and data communications
- TCP/IP communications
- Previous experience with IPv4 networks, GSM, Telecom, realtime systems
- Previous experience with systems software life cycle
- Previous experience in software development, especially C, C++, or tcl
- Previous experience in IP network engineering, development, integration, and testing
We’ll also need you to:
- Be on call to support major network issues
- Be able to travel up to 10%
- Be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Foreign Person not from Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia, or Belarus
Work Environment:
This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.
We believe in-person connection drives innovation, strengthens mentorship, and builds culture, while flexibility enables employees to do their best work. Under Iridium’s Hybrid Work Policy, employees are expected to work at least three days per week (approximately 60%) in an Iridium office to support collaboration, relationship-building, and professional growth.
This job description outlines the general nature and level of work for this role and is not a comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as needed.
Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Company Overview
Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.
At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.
What We’re Looking For:
Iridium is seeking an entry-level Network Operations Engineer to join our Gateway Network Operations team. In this role, you will help support and maintain Iridium’s Gateway telecom and data infrastructure, providing advanced operational and escalation support for ground systems operations teams including Gateway Technical Operations, Tier 2 Customer Support, and Service Delivery. You’ll work closely with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to troubleshoot complex issues, improve system reliability, and support the deployment of new systems and applications aligned with business and customer needs. This role is ideal for someone who is technically curious, adaptable, collaborative, and motivated to grow within a fast-paced operational engineering environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with vendors, subcontractors, and internal teams to troubleshoot and resolve operational issues
- Support the maintenance and administration of Gateway subsystems and services across both on-premises and cloud-based environments
- Administer and maintain remote monitoring and management systems, including updating agent scripts, responding to alerts, monitoring dashboards, and performing periodic system reviews
- Identify, investigate, and resolve operations issues and work closely with operations teams to improve maintenance procedures and provide successful troubleshooting
- Collaborate with team members to ensure high quality products are ready to deploy into production according to assigned schedule
- Assist in Investigating and resolving escalated customer and operational support tickets
- Contribute to the creation and refinement of maintenance documents for all Gateway network element systems and network infrastructure
- Provide technical support across internal teams and external partners
- Support the reliability, availability, and performance of the Iridium service suite
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science or related field OR equivalent relevant experience in lieu of degree
- Working knowledge of installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux operating systems (Red Hat/CentOS), IP network infrastructure, SIP services, Python-based tools, and Oracle/MySQL databases
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate key messages and ideas clearly and effectively
- Can cultivate meaningful relationships with your manager and members of your team, while being open and responsive to constructive feedback as they guide and mentor you
- The ability to think outside the box to help solve problems, with the humility to ask for help when needed
- Adaptability to a dynamic environment and the readiness to take on any new tasks that are handed to you
- A motivation to achieve outcomes and results
Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:
- Any AWS certification (i.e., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, etc.)
- Knowledge of any of the following:
- Communications systems architecture development
- Circuit and packet switched voice and data communications
- TCP/IP communications
- Previous experience with IPv4 networks, GSM, Telecom, realtime systems
- Previous experience with systems software life cycle
- Previous experience in software development, especially C, C++, or tcl
- Previous experience in IP network engineering, development, integration, and testing
We’ll also need you to:
- Be on call to support major network issues
- Be able to travel up to 10%
- Be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Foreign Person not from Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia, or Belarus
Work Environment:
This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.
We believe in-person connection drives innovation, strengthens mentorship, and builds culture, while flexibility enables employees to do their best work. Under Iridium’s Hybrid Work Policy, employees are expected to work at least three days per week (approximately 60%) in an Iridium office to support collaboration, relationship-building, and professional growth.
This job description outlines the general nature and level of work for this role and is not a comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as needed.
Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Network Operations Engineer
Align your credentials to PERM requirements
PERM locks in the minimum requirements your employer advertises. If the job posting lists a bachelor's degree in computer science or electrical engineering, make sure your credentials match exactly, foreign three-year degrees may need a credential evaluation before the I-140 stage.
Target employers with active EB-3 filing history
Network operations roles sit at mid-market companies running their own infrastructure, not just hyperscalers. Search the DOL OFLC disclosure data to find employers who have filed PERM certifications for network or systems roles in the past two years.
Use Migrate Mate to filter green card sponsoring roles
Search Migrate Mate for Network Operations Engineer positions filtered by EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship. The platform surfaces employers with documented PERM filing history so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never sponsored a permanent resident.
Negotiate PERM language into your offer letter
Ask the hiring manager to confirm sponsorship intent before you accept. A written commitment to file PERM within a set timeframe protects you if the position changes hands or the company restructures during the 12-to-18-month labor certification process.
Verify your role qualifies as a specialty occupation
USCIS evaluates whether the position requires a specific degree field, not just any bachelor's degree. Review the O*NET occupation profile for network operations engineers to confirm the degree-field relationship DOL will expect to see in your employer's PERM job description.
Check prevailing wage before the labor certification is filed
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your role and location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for your specific SOC code and metro area so there are no surprises when DOL issues the prevailing wage determination during the PERM process.
Green Card Network Operations Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Network Operations Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Network Operations Engineer positions qualify for EB-3 sponsorship because they typically require a bachelor's degree rather than an advanced degree. EB-2 applies if the role genuinely requires a master's degree or if you have a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience and your employer can document that the position demands that level. Your employer's PERM job description defines which category applies.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
The PERM route leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary status tied to a single employer. There's no annual lottery at the EB-3 level for most countries, so your employer's filing triggers a process that runs 18 to 24 months on average rather than depending on random selection. The trade-off is that PERM requires a formal DOL recruitment process before USCIS sees the I-140 petition, which adds several months compared to H-1B visa filing.
Can I search specifically for Network Operations Engineer jobs with green card sponsorship?
Yes. Migrate Mate lets you filter Network Operations Engineer roles by EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, so you're only seeing employers who have filed PERM certifications for comparable positions before. That filters out job postings where sponsorship is listed as a possibility but the company has no track record of following through on permanent residency.
What happens to my green card case if I change employers mid-process?
If your I-140 has been approved for at least 180 days and you move to a same or similar role, you may be able to port your priority date to a new employer's petition under AC21 portability rules. Network operations and systems administration roles often qualify as similar, but the new employer still needs to file a fresh PERM and I-140 unless portability is available and properly documented.
How long does the full EB-3 green card process take for a Network Operations Engineer?
From PERM filing to a green card in hand, nationals from most countries can expect three to five years when USCIS processing times and potential request for evidence delays are factored in. Nationals from India and China face significantly longer waits due to per-country limits. USCIS publishes a monthly Visa Bulletin tracking priority date movement, which determines when your I-485 adjustment of status can be filed or approved.