Senior Network Engineer (R4051)

About Shield AI

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.

Job Summary

Shield AI is seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to help advance and secure our mission-critical global infrastructure. You will design, deploy, and maintain resilient network systems that power Shield AI’s enterprise and development environments—spanning data centers, on-premises sites, and public cloud networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement routing, switching, WLAN, and firewall infrastructure across data centers and remote offices.
• Deploy and manage WAN and VPN connectivity, ensuring secure and reliable access for enterprise and mission environments.
• Execute network and firewall change requests in alignment with corporate security policies and change-control processes.
• Monitor network performance and security posture; troubleshoot complex networking issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop and apply network automation to streamline provisioning, monitoring, and configuration management.
• Recommend and implement scalable, automated approaches to operational tasks and vulnerability remediation.
• Contribute to Agile delivery cycles and engineering principles while managing assigned network projects and deliverables.
• Conduct network capacity planning and provide recommendations for growth and optimization.

Operations and Support

• Perform daily system monitoring to ensure network and firewall availability, configuration integrity, and performance.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for network-related hardware, software, and application issues.
• Configure and maintain secure connectivity services (e.g., VPN/ZTNA, HTTPS, SFTP).
• Create and maintain clear operational and configuration documentation; mentor operational teams on processes and procedures.
• Coordinate with vendors for technical support, procurement, and consulting engagements.
• Participate in on-call rotation and scheduled maintenance activities.

Maintenance

• Lead or assist with network upgrades and patching within defined maintenance windows.
• Maintain network device security and performance.