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Senior Systems and Network Engineer

IonQ · College Park, Maryland, United States

Posted about 3 months ago · $126,887 - $166,127

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
IonQ's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
11% of IonQ's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at IonQ
high
104 stale, 2 reposted of 104 open
Hiring momentum
159 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from IonQ's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for IonQ.

About this role

As a Senior Systems and Network Engineer at IonQ, you will be responsible for managing the classical infrastructure that supports quantum hardware builds. Your day-to-day tasks will include provisioning Linux servers, maintaining lab and datacenter networking, integrating scientific hardware, and automating infrastructure processes. You will work closely with various engineering teams to ensure the systems are ready for experimental runs and troubleshoot any infrastructure issues that arise.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of IonQ as an employer.

What you need

  • 6+ years of experience in systems, network, or infrastructure engineering
  • Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting switches, firewalls, routers, and on-prem servers in a production environment
  • Direct experience configuring VLANs and managed-switch environments
  • Experience building or rebuilding a provisioning workflow using infrastructure-as-code or automation tooling
  • Experience integrating non-standard or custom hardware into a compute environment
  • Working knowledge of IPMI/BMC and out-of-band server management

Nice to have

  • Experience at a company running significant on-prem compute infrastructure at scale
  • Experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration in a bare-metal or hybrid environment
  • Experience with configuration drift detection and enforcement
  • Familiarity with cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid on-prem/cloud environments
  • Experience in a research, national lab, or scientific compute environment

What you get

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
  • Parental/adoption leave
  • Legal insurance
  • Home technology stipend

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the technology stack beyond infrastructure tools
  • Role involves urgent troubleshooting which may lead to high-pressure situations
  • Position requires U.S. Person status for export control compliance

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Listed by IonQ on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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