Network Administrator

Job description

HADRIAN - MANUFACTURING THE FUTURE Hadrian is building autonomous factories to reindustrialize America. By combining AI, advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we help aerospace and defense companies build rockets, satellites, aircraft, ships, and other mission-critical systems up to 10x faster and at significantly lower cost. Following our $1.37B Series D at a $7.87B valuation, Hadrian is rapidly expanding our manufacturing footprint, launching new capabilities across welding, casting, forging, electronics, additive manufacturing, and more, while scaling our Factory-as-a-Service platform to transform how critical products are built. Backed by leading investors including JPMorgan Chase, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, and Morgan Stanley, we’re building the future of American manufacturing—and looking for exceptional people to help make it happen. If you’re ready to take on the most challenging and rewarding work of your career while helping create American manufacturing jobs for generations to come, you’re exactly who we’re looking for. The Role We are looking for a Network Administrator to support the deployment, configuration, and operations of network infrastructure across our growing facilities and cloud environments. This role is hands-on and operationally focused, responsible for bringing up new sites, implementing network changes, and ensuring reliable connectivity across on-premise and cloud systems. You’ll work closely with infrastructure, IT, security, and operations teams to deploy network infrastructure, automate configuration through Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and maintain a highly reliable production environment. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and enjoys solving real-world infrastructure challenges across both physical and cloud networking environments.   What You’ll Do - Deploy and configure network infrastructure for new facilities and site expansions - Implement and manage network changes, upgrades, and operational improvements - Configure and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and wireless infrastructure - Deploy and support VPN technologies including GlobalProtect and site-to-site VPN tunnels - Design and build a robust SD-WAN ecosystem. - Support cloud networking environments such as AWS and Azure - Support networking for Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads - Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) automation for network provisioning and configuration - Rack, cable, and deploy network hardware across facilities and data centers - Troubleshoot connectivity, routing, DNS, and performance issues across LAN/WAN and cloud networks - Work with ISPs and telecommunications providers for circuit provisioning, troubleshooting, and redundancy - Coordinate with low-voltage vendors for cabling, fiber runs, and network infrastructure installation - Support connectivity for security cameras, door access systems, and facility infrastructure - Support corporate Wi-Fi networks and wireless access points - Maintain monitoring, documentation, and operational runbooks for network infrastructure - Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and after-hours maintenance windows   What We’re Looking For - 5+ years of experience in network administration, network operations, or infrastructure engineering - Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, switching, wireless, VLANs, DNS, and DHCP - Experience with VPN technologies (GlobalProtect, IPsec site-to-site tunnels, remote access VPNs) - Experience supporting multi-site enterprise networks - Experience with cloud networking environments (AWS or Azure) - Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Git, Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, CICD, etc.) - Experience troubleshooting network performance and connectivity issues - Strong operational mindset and ability to work in fast-paced environments   What Will Set You Apart - Current CCNA / CCNP or other equivalent certifications - Experience with Palo Alto firewalls, Juniper switches and wireless access points - Familiarity with AWS networking services (VPC, Direct Connect, VPN Gateway) - Experience supporting Kubernetes networking concepts (CNI, ingress, service networking) - Experience managing ISP relationships and circuit provisioning - Experience coordinating with low-voltage contractors and structured cabling vendors - Experience supporting facility systems (cameras, access control, IoT devices) - Experience with high availability production environments (24/7 Operations)   Physical & Operational Requirements - Ability to lift and move networking equipment (~50 lbs) - Comfortable working in data centers and equipment rooms - 10–20% travel required for site deployments - Participation in on-call rotation and occasional after-hours maintenance   Com