Network Engineer

Who we are

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards. 

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously. 

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications. 

The role

Helsing is a defence AI company with a mission to protect our democracies.

Much of our work takes place in high-security environments, and we are looking for Network Engineers to support our high security data center operations.

Your role as a Network Engineer will be to design, implement, and manage the critical network infrastructure within these secure data centers, forming the backbone of our operations.

We are looking for engineers with a strong work ethic and prioritization skills. We value team players who communicate clearly, share knowledge generously, and collaborate effectively to move their team — and our mission—forward.

The day-to-day

• Design, implement, and support data center co-locations from the ground up.

• Install and maintain network hardware, including switches, routers and firewalls using infrastructure as code (IaC).

• Design and deploy network solutions for GPU clusters.

• Operate within complex, high-security environments, ensuring strict compliance with all security protocols and best practices.

• Troubleshoot complex network problems and provide timely resolutions to maintain seamless operations.

You should apply if you

• Experience designing, building, and supporting complex physical and software network infrastructure.

• A good understanding of Linux system administration.

• Expertise building and automating network infrastructure with an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) mindset, using tools like Terraform and Ansible.

• Hands-on experience with major network device vendors such as Cisco and Palo Alto.

• Understanding of basic network monitoring protocols and tools, such as tcpdump, Wireshark, gNMI, SNMP, and nmap.

• A strong command of the following protocols TCP/IP, TLS, DHCP, DNS, OSPF, and BGP.

• A solid understanding of VPN technologies and their underlying protocols (e.g., IPSec, OpenVPN, WireGuard).

Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes.

• Experience with Proxmox VE, including clustering, high availability, and storage management.

• Experience working BSI approved networking vendors, such as SINA and Genua.

• Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) e.g. Cisco ACI.

• Familiarity with scripting/programming (Shell, Python).

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields 

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

What we offer

• A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking

• Competitive compensation and stock options

• Relocation support

• Social and education allowances

• Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe

• A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labelled “Infraduction”), in which you will be building tooling and applications to be used across the company. This is your opportunity to learn our tech stack, explore the company, and learn how we get things done - all whilst working with other engineering teams from day one 

 

Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.

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