# Staff Engineer, Cybersecurity Platform

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Cybersecurity, network engineering, TCP/IP, DNS, dhcp, Zero Trust, nist sp 800-53, ISO 27001, firewalls, ids/ips, encryption, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-08-05

> The Staff Cybersecurity Platform Engineer designs and optimizes secure network, cloud, and infrastructure architectures, implements compliance and threat-mitigation controls, and resolves complex platform issues. The role requires 5+ years of relevant experience, a related bachelor's or master's degree, and eligibility for a DoD Secret clearance.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Decompose, allocate, and implement cybersecurity requirements into system architecture.
- Enforce network security architecture and compliance with cybersecurity standards and best practices.
- Develop installation and configuration documentation required to obtain Authorizations to Operate (ATOs).
- Optimize secure network topologies, including segmentation, firewalls, VPNs, and zero-trust models.
- Implement Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and develop Base Media solutions supporting Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) to mitigate cyber risks.
- Implement threat detection, mitigation, and incident response strategies.
- Provide technical insight on the X-BAT GCS cybersecurity stack to cross-functional teams.
- Ensure system scalability, reliability, and performance through proactive design and monitoring.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex network and infrastructure issues.
- Implement Voice over IP capabilities with Network Engineering teams.

## Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret clearance.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related IT field.
- 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, cybersecurity, or network engineering.
- Knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP.
- Strong expertise in cybersecurity frameworks and protocols, including Zero Trust, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-63B, ISO 27001, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and encryption standards.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise networking hardware, including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.
- Experience with cloud networking in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and hybrid environments.
- Experience implementing Voice over IP solutions.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Industry certification such as CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, or equivalent.
- Strong DevSecOps background with hands-on Kubernetes, including admission control, OPA/Gatekeeper, and workload identity.
- Experience with Terraform, including reusable secure modules and policy-as-code.
- Experience designing architectures for classified networks.
- Experience with software-defined networking and network automation.
- Familiarity with DevOps and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Knowledge of compliance requirements such as FedRAMP, Department of Defense, or other regulated-environment standards.

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