Network Architect
US$190,000 – US$290,000 / yr base salary
Posted 7 Oct 2026
Advertised as “Network Architect (R6158)”
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$190,000 – US$290,000 / yr |
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CertificationsCCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, JNCIE, PCNSE, AWS Advanced Networking
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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.
Job Description:
Shield AI is seeking a Network Architect to define and evolve the secure, scalable, and resilient network architecture supporting our engineering, manufacturing, autonomy development, and enterprise operations environments.
As part of the Cloud & Infrastructure team within Enterprise Operations, this highly technical individual contributor will establish network strategy, standards, and reference architectures across Shield AI's offices, engineering labs, manufacturing facilities, data centers, public cloud environments, and international locations. You will remain hands-on for first-of-kind, complex, and high-risk deployments while partnering closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, Site Infrastructure, Facilities, and Cybersecurity teams.
What you'll do:
Enterprise Network Architecture
- Define and maintain Shield AI's enterprise network architecture, technical strategy, standards, roadmaps, and reference designs.
- Architect scalable LAN, WAN, wireless, internet edge, data-center, VPN, SASE, NAC, and network security solutions across a globally distributed environment.
- Develop high-level and low-level designs for new offices, engineering labs, manufacturing facilities, data centers, cloud environments, acquisitions, and site integrations.
- Design resilient routing and connectivity architectures using BGP, OSPF, IPsec, private circuits, cloud interconnects, diverse internet services, and related technologies.
- Establish standards for segmentation, IP addressing, naming, routing, high availability, quality of service, observability, capacity, and lifecycle management.
- Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and design decisions for strategic network initiatives.