Staff Network Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.</span></p></div><p>We're looking for a Senior Network Engineer to help transform and modernize Archer's enterprise network into a coherent, standards-driven, observable infrastructure. You'll be the technical anchor on a committed team — defining the architectural bar, driving consistency across campuses and sites, and building the automation and observability practices that let the team operate with confidence at scale. This is a tech lead role and you'll be the person the team looks to for design direction, peer review, and technical mentorship.</p> <h2><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Build, maintain, and support Archer's network infrastructure across campus, branch, data center, and SD-WAN cloud environments</li> <li>Own and drive network design standards — ensuring new sites are built right and existing sites are brought into conformance</li> <li>Lead architecture reviews for significant network changes; serve as the escalation point for complex design and troubleshooting decisions</li> <li>Plan, design, and implement LAN/WAN solutions including, NG Firewall (PAN), SD-WAN (Velocloud and Cisco SDWAN), defining and maintaining golden configurations across the environment</li> <li>Align with and contribute to Information Security strategy — including segmentation, zero-trust posture, and compliance requirements (SOX, ISO, and others)</li> <li>Design and maintain AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Security Groups) and ensure consistent connectivity with on-prem and Prisma Access</li> <li>Drive adoption of network automation and infrastructure-as-code practices (Ansible, Python, Terraform) </li> <li>Build and own network observability: telemetry, alerting, and dashboards that give the team real signal without alert fatigue</li> <li>Support and troubleshoot network issues including after-hours escalations where required</li> <li>Research and document vendor and technology comparisons for cost, capability, and fit</li> <li>Mentor and elevate the engineers around you — good documentation, good peer reviews, helping the team level up</li> <li>Communicate clearly and credibly at all levels of the business</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What You Need</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Minimum 8 years of experience in an enterprise network engineering role supporting complex, multi-site hybrid environments</li> <li>Hands-on expertise with Palo Alto Networks — NGFW, Panorama, GlobalProtect, and Prisma Access; you've designed and operated these, not just maintained them</li> <li>Extensive experience with SD-WAN technologies, including Cisco and Velocloud SD-WAN</li> <li>Strong routing and switching fundamentals — BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN, L2/L3 switching, QoS, DHCP, DNS and spanning tree</li> <li>VLAN architecture and L3 segmentation design experience across multi-site environments</li> <li>Experience