Senior Staff Engineer, Cloud Network (R5000) at shieldai

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 offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.  What you'll do: • Lead the design of network systems that span both cloud and isolated environments, ensuring consistent connectivity and behavior. • Design networking for containerized systems to support inter-service communication and service discovery • Partner with Enterprise Ops to design and implement routing and firewall policies across shared network boundaries • Establish and improve network observability and debugging • Partner with Cybersecurity and Infosec to design connectivity and access boundaries that meet regulatory and compliance needs • Identify and resolve systemic issues affecting reliability, latency, and scalability • Mentor engineers and drive adoption of strong network design and debugging practices through hands-on guidance and review Required qualifications: • 10+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related fields • Experience designing and operating network systems across cloud and non-cloud environments • Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, including routing, segmentation, and traffic control • Experience with cloud networking using infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) • Experience designing networking for containerized or distributed systems • Ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues across systems • Experience working across team boundaries to design and implement network solutions • 3–5 years of experience designing and operating systems in regulated or compliance-driven environments • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction Preferred qualifications: • Experience building network systems used across multiple teams or environments • Experience working with isolated or high-security environments • Familiarity with data center fabric architectures (e.g., EVPN/VXLAN, spine-leaf) • Experience with Kubernetes networking and service connectivity models • Experience with traditional and cloud-native firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto Networks, AWS WAF) 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. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.