Shield AI
Senior Network Engineer (R5667)
$140K–$211K
San Mateo, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years; the education requirement allows 6+ years of relevant experience with a professional certification as an alternative to a bachelor’s degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or 6+ years of relevant experience with a professional certification.
About the job
Designs, deploys, secures, and operates resilient network infrastructure across data centers, on-premises sites, remote offices, and public cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Architect and maintain routing, switching, WLAN, firewall, WAN, and VPN infrastructure for enterprise and mission environments.
- Automate network provisioning and operations, monitor performance and security, and troubleshoot complex network issues.
- Plan network changes, upgrades, and capacity; document operations and support project delivery and on-call coverage.
What they ask for
- 6+ years supporting and administering complex production network systems.
- Expertise in routing, switching, and network security architectures; proficiency with at least one Network Operating System and one Network Security OS.
- Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code, firewall management, segmentation, VPNs, and scalable hybrid connectivity.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or 6+ years of relevant experience with a professional certification.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Juniper, Palo Alto, Panorama, WLAN authentication, NAC, or ZTNA/SASE solutions.
- Working knowledge of VMware, Windows, or Linux; project management or leadership experience.
Pay
USD 140,000–211,000 per year base salary
Tools
Azure, AWS, NX-OS, JunOS, Arista EOS, PAN-OS, FortiOS, Terraform
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