Staff Systems Administrator (San Mateo)

Shield AI
San Francisco, CaliforniaPosted 24 February 2026

Tech Stack

Job Description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.  Job Description: The Sr. Systems Administrator leads day-to-day enterprise IT at the site level, providing end-user system support, system administration, infrastructure maintenance, and asset lifecycle management. Acting as the primary technical escalation point, this role is focused on ensuring a secure, reliable and high-performing IT environment. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong operational judgement and a proactive collaborative leadership mindset, with a proven ability to support C-suite and executive stakeholders in a modern, scalable, and secure IT environment.