# Senior Staff Network Architect

**Company**: Shield AI
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Network Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of complex network infrastructures.

This role requires deep expertise across network engineering, cybersecurity protocols, and server room / hardware infrastructure, with a strong ability to architect scalable, secure, and resilient systems.

The ideal candidate will operate at a strategic level while remaining hands-on, serving as a technical leader and key decision-maker across network and infrastructure domains.

## Required qualifications:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

- 10+ years of experience in network engineering and architecture roles

- Deep knowledge of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, etc.)

- Strong expertise in cybersecurity frameworks and protocols (Zero Trust, NIST, ISO 27001, firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption standards)

- Hands-on experience with enterprise networking hardware (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers)

- Proven experience designing and managing data centers / server rooms, including physical infrastructure

- Experience with cloud networking (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid environments

- Strong understanding of high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery architectures

## Preferred qualifications:

- Industry certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, or equivalent

- Experience modeling complex network systems in a modeling tool such as NX or SolidWorks

- Experience designing architectures for classified networks

- Experience with software-defined networking (SDN) and network automation

- Familiarity with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)

- Knowledge of compliance requirements (e.g., FedRAMP, DoD, or other regulated environments)

- Experience supporting AI/ML, high-performance computing, or large-scale distributed systems

## Additional Information

Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- network engineering
- cybersecurity protocols
- server room infrastructure
- cloud networking
- data center management
- network architecture
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- Zero Trust
- NIST
- ISO 27001
- firewalls
- IDS/IPS
- encryption standards
- enterprise networking hardware
- high availability
- redundancy
- disaster recovery architectures

### Nice to have
- CCIE
- CCNP
- CISSP
- NX
- SolidWorks
- classified networks
- software-defined networking
- network automation
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Ansible
- FedRAMP
- DoD
- AI/ML
- high-performance computing
- large-scale distributed systems

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