Staff Network Engineer (R2778)

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Network Engineer who will ensure that the company remains a leader in the development of applied artificial intelligence. The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for production, development, and test environments of SAI’s network which includes but not limited to routers, firewalls, and switches. The responsibilities on these systems include engineering, deployment, provisioning, and maintenance of the network infrastructure, as well as research and development to ensure continual innovation within datacenter network, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), and remote office environments at various SAI offices located across the Continental United States such as California, Texas, and Virginia. In addition to maintaining IT systems, this position will also assist in sustaining our parallel Azure public cloud workloads as well.  Limited travel may be required to other SAI locations. 

What you'll do:

• Network Engineering 
• Network design, architecture, management, and deployment of new and existing routing, switching, WLAN, and firewall infrastructure for multiple datacenter environments. 
• Deployment and management of new and existing WAN and VPN connections with associated collaboration with the business’ customers. 
• Proper execution of network and firewall change requests which support communications within the SAI environment for its customers and business units being conducted in accordance with corporate security policies. 
• Responsible for network performance and security monitoring in addition to being able to troubleshoot network-related issues in a logical manner 
• Willingness to learn and work with potentially unfamiliar network operating systems and the ability to leverage automation tasks against repeatable network tasks.
• Research, recommend, and develop innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for daily administrative tasks.
• Identify similar approaches that can also leverage SAI resources and provide economies of scale. 
• Responsible for vulnerability remediation and resolution efforts across various network systems. 
• Manage and facilitate the progress of assigned technical IT-related projects and taskings. 
• Participate in and contribute to Agile methodologies and sound engineering principles. 
• Network capacity planning and recommendations for growth. 


• Operations and Support 
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all network-related hardware, software, systems and key processes, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as network changes and its backups. 
• Provide advanced-level network support requested from the engineering and operational departments; investigate and troubleshoot system hardware, software, and application issues from a network-focused perspective 
• Configure and support related network services; ex. FTP, SFTP, HTTPS, VPN/ZTNA and remote access. 
• Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve potential networking issues supporting system hardware, software, and application services. 
• Demonstrate the ability to train operational departments with documented processes and procedures. 
• Coordinate with vendors with support requests, procurement, and consulting services related to them as necessary. 
• Possess the capacity to participate in on-call, emergency, or maintenance roles 


• Maintenance 
• Lead or assist with applying necessary network-related updates and upgrades on a regular basis.
• Perform maintenance to network and firewall devices during approved maintenance windows. 
• Maintain and administer systems and software licensing as needed. 
• Maintain and draft operational, configuration, and other procedural documentation. 

Required qualifications:

• Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
• 6 years’ experience supporting applications and systems in a production environment, preferably for a technology or financial organization.
• Possess deep expertise in network protocols, network security, routing and switching.  
• Advanced and in-depth experience along with the fundamental understanding of at least one type of Network Operating System (ie. NX-OS, JunOS, Arista EOS) 
• Advanced and in-depth experience along with the fundamental understanding of at least one type of Network Security Operating System (ie. FortiOS, PAN-OS) 
• Familiarity with Juniper Networks and its various network solutions. 
• Familiarity with Fortinet firewalls and its centralized management applications. 
• Familiarity with WLAN technolo