# Senior Engineer, Network Integration (R4926)

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $110k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** TCP/IP, DNS, Dhcp, Zero Trust, Nist, ISO 27001, Firewalls, Ids/Ips, Encryption, Routers, Switches, Load Balancers, AWS, Azure, GCP
**Posted:** 2026-05-15

> Design, implement, and optimize enterprise network infrastructures including LAN, WAN, cloud, and hybrid environments with focus on security, high availability, and data center infrastructure. Requires 8+ years of network engineering experience and deep expertise in cybersecurity protocols.

## Job Description

## What you'll do

- Collaborate in architecture design, and deployment of enterprise-grade network infrastructure (LAN, WAN, cloud, and hybrid environments)
- Define and enforce network security architecture, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity standards and best practices
- Optimize & manage secure network topologies, including segmentation, firewalls, VPNs, and zero-trust models
- Develop server room infrastructure, including rack design, cabling, power, cooling, and hardware layout for high availability
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement threat detection, mitigation, and incident response strategies as well as apply STIGS
- Evaluate and select network and hardware technologies, vendors, and solutions
- Provide technical insight on X-BAT GCS Network architecture to cross-functional teams
- Develop network documentation, and execution roadmaps
- Ensure system scalability, reliability, and performance through proactive design and monitoring strategies
- Support troubleshooting and resolution of complex network and infrastructure issues

## Required qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 8+ 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

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