Shield AI
Network Engineer (R4843)
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in platform engineering, cyber, network engineering, and architecture roles.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related IT field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD government clearance at the Secret level; S//SAR clearance is desired.
About the job
Leads the architecture, design, deployment, and optimization of secure enterprise network, base media, and server-room infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Define and implement cybersecurity requirements and network security architecture, including documentation for Authorizations to Operate.
- Design secure network topologies and oversee server-room infrastructure and Base Media solutions to mitigate cyber risks.
- Develop network standards and roadmaps, evaluate technologies, and support troubleshooting and incident response.
What they ask for
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related IT field.
- 8+ years of experience in platform engineering, cyber, network engineering, and architecture roles.
- Hands-on networking hardware experience; server-room design and management; working knowledge of containers and cloud infrastructure; DoD cybersecurity knowledge; and Network Engineering/Base Media Development for UAV C2 Systems or similar applications.
Nice to have
- Industry certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, or equivalent; experience designing classified networks.
- Experience with SDN, network automation, DevOps, IaC tools such as Terraform or Ansible, or network modeling tools such as NX or SolidWorks.
Tools
routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, Terraform, Ansible, NX, SolidWorks
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