Global Network Architect for AI-Driven Office Infra

Cognition; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognition is seeking a Network Engineer in San Francisco to own the reliability, security, and evolution of our global office networks. You will design, deploy, and operate high-performance wired and wireless networks across multiple offices, with emphasis on scalability and security.

You’ll craft repeatable architectures and runbooks, monitor via telemetry, and automate with modern languages and IaC tools.

Qualifications

• Five+ years designing and operating enterprise or campus networks.
• Experience building networks in hypergrowth startups.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate high-performance wired and wireless networks across offices and campuses.
• Own network delivery for offices, expansions, and moves—including procurement and circuit turn-up.
• Create reference architectures, runbooks, and deployment playbooks for a growing global footprint.
• Monitor and observe network availability and performance using telemetry to detect degradation early.
• Develop scripts and tooling in Python, Go, or TypeScript to improve reliability.
• Apply IaC and CI/CD to automate network configuration and deployment.
• Use AI to improve network reliability, visibility, and engineering effectiveness.
• Implement identity-aware access and least-privilege admin, collaborating with Security.

Skills

Network design

Wireless RF

Routing protocols

TCP/IP

VPN / zero-trust

Automation scripting

IaC / CI/CD

Security controls

Vendor coordination

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Networks

Tools

NetBox

Terraform

Ansible

AWS/Azure/GCP networking

Job description

Cognition is seeking a Network Engineer in San Francisco to own the reliability, security, and evolution of our global office networks. You will design, deploy, and operate high-performance wired and wireless networks across multiple offices, with emphasis on scalability and security.

You’ll craft repeatable architectures and runbooks, monitor via telemetry, and automate with modern languages and IaC tools.