# Senior IT Operations Engineer (R6117) at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- What the company does: Autonomy for the world. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://shield.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $99K to $140K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-26
- Apply by: 2026-11-10
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/5e726b28-a905-418d-a1e5-35c83371869d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-senior-it-operations-engineer-r6117/

## About the role

The Senior IT Systems Engineer builds, improves, and sustains classified infrastructure supporting engineering work. The role covers compute, virtualization, storage, networking, identity, endpoints, and security tooling in standalone and air-gapped environments.

## What they're looking for

- Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, PKI, and enterprise endpoint management
- Experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux or similar enterprise Linux systems
- Experience with VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V, or similar enterprise virtualization platforms. Nutanix AHV/Prism experience is preferred
- Experience with enterprise storage, backup/recovery, and capacity planning
- Experience with managed switching, VLANs, firewall administration, network segmentation, and troubleshooting network connectivity
- Experience with PowerShell and infrastructure automation. Experience with Ansible, Python, Terraform, or similar tools is a plus

Tags: Security