Senior Site Infrastructure Engineer (R5857)

The role

This role plans, designs, documents and supports physical IT infrastructure across offices, labs, manufacturing sites and data centers. You will lead site buildouts, expansions, relocations and data center deployments, working with Network, Systems, Cloud, Security and external vendors.

What you will do

• Plan and design physical IT infrastructure for offices, labs, manufacturing facilities and data centers.
• Lead and support site buildouts, office expansions and relocations, data center deployments, hardware refreshes and infrastructure moves.
• Develop rack layouts, MDF/IDF requirements, equipment placement plans and infrastructure bills of materials.
• Create and maintain rack elevations, connectivity diagrams, equipment records, cable documentation and DCIM data.
• Support capacity planning for rack space, power, cooling, cabling and equipment growth.
• Administer and improve DCIM, IPAM and CMDB platforms such as Nautobot, NetBox or Device42.
• Manage circuit inventory and lifecycle, including carrier coordination and renewals.
• Coordinate with architects, contractors, colocation providers, carriers, OEMs and field-service vendors.
• Partner with Network, Systems and Cloud Engineering teams on infrastructure requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to junior engineers and support teams.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data center, enterprise site or physical IT infrastructure engineering.
• Experience designing and supporting infrastructure across offices, data centers, labs or similar environments.
• Strong experience creating and maintaining rack elevations, physical infrastructure diagrams and cabling documentation.
• Strong knowledge of rack design, structured copper and fiber cabling, and physical infrastructure standards.
• Strong working knowledge of data center and site power, including A/B power, UPS/PDU systems and cooling and airflow.
• Experience designing MDF/IDF environments and sizing infrastructure for new or expanding facilities.
• Experience with DCIM, IPAM or CMDB platforms such as Nautobot, NetBox, Device42 or Sunbird.
• Working understanding of enterprise networking, including switching, wireless, WAN and carrier services.
• Ability to interpret architectural drawings, floor plans, low-voltage designs and equipment specifications.
• Experience working with colocation providers, low-voltage contractors, carriers and technology vendors.
• Strong technical documentation, communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently execute infrastructure projects from planning through deployment.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting a geographically distributed or rapidly growing enterprise.
• Experience across offices, engineering labs, manufacturing environments and colocation data centers.
• Hands-on experience with Nautobot or NetBox.
• Experience supporting data center migrations, expansions or greenfield deployments.
• Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure and public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Familiarity with infrastructure from Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Dell, APC or Vertiv.
• Experience developing infrastructure BOMs, cost estimates, lifecycle plans and capacity forecasts.
• Experience using APIs, scripting or automation to improve DCIM and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Experience within aerospace, defense, manufacturing or other regulated environments.
• Relevant certifications such as BICSI, CDCP, CCNA/CCNP or equivalent.

Benefits

• Bonus for full-time regular employees.
• Benefits for full-time regular employees.
• Equity for full-time regular employees.
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment.

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.