Lead Cloud Network Engineer

Responsibilities

• Cloud & Hybrid Network Architecture
• Design and maintain cloud networking architectures, including
• AWS VPCs, Azure VNets, subnets, routing tables, NAT, IGW, and firewalls.
• Hub-and-spoke, transit VPC/VNet, and multi-account/multi-subscription models.
• Architect and operate hybrid connectivity solutions:
• AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute.
• Site-to-Site VPN, Client VPN, and backup connectivity patterns.
• Design and support routing strategies using BGP, static routing, and route propagation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Implement shared network services, such as:
• Transit gateways / virtual WAN.
• Centralized ingress/egress.
• DNS, NTP, IPAM, and firewall services.
• Infrastructure as Code & Automation.
• Architect and maintain network infrastructure as code using:
• Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Modular, reusable network components and blueprints.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of cloud networking resources.
• Build reusable network service modules that can be consumed by application and platform teams through self-service workflows.
• Integrate network automation into CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Security, Governance & Observability
• Embed network security and governance controls into IaC for segmentation, routing controls, firewall policies, and traffic inspection.
• Partner with security teams on Zero Trust and least-privilege network access models and secure hybrid and third-party connectivity.
• Implement network observability, logging, and monitoring for performance, availability, and troubleshooting.
• Support compliance requirements through standardized, auditable network designs.
• Platform Collaboration & Enablement
• Collaborate with cloud platform, application, and SRE teams to:
• Define network patterns aligned with cloud-native best practices.
• Allow scalable onboarding of new workloads and environments.
• Provide guidance and technical leadership on cloud networking best practices.
• Contribute to internal documentation, reference architectures, and design standards.
• Improve developer experience by simplifying network usage through APIs, templates, and automation.
• Over 8 years of Cloud Engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience designing and operating cloud or hybrid network infrastructure at scale.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking in AWS or Azure, including:
• VPC/VNet design, routing, security groups/NSGs, load balancing.
• Direct Connect / ExpressRoute architectures and operations.
• Understanding of hybrid networking concepts like BGP, routing domains, MTU, latency, redundancy, and failover.
• Solid knowledge of core networking protocols like TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, routing, and distributed network design.
• Automation & Engineering
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation for network resources.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting with Python, Ansible, or cloud SDKs/CLIs.
• Experience integrating network provisioning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Linux/Unix background; Windows networking experience is beneficial.
• Security & Identity
• Understanding of cloud IAM concepts and their interaction with network security.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity practices, including: Network segmentation, traffic inspection, and incident response. Secure connectivity to on-premises and third-party environments.
• Beneficial skills:
• Experience with API-driven platforms and service interfaces.
• Exposure to internal developer platforms or self-service portals.
• Basic understanding of frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to support platform integration.
• Experience supporting multi-cloud network architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
• Advanced Cloud Certifications in AWS or Azure.
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Benefits

Additional Information

As a Lead Cloud Network Engineer reporting to the Manager of Cloud Network Engineering. You will architect and engineer cloud-native and hybrid networking solutions across AWS, Azure, and other public cloud platforms. You will design VPC/VNet architectures, connectivity patterns, and shared network services using Infrastructure as Code and automation-first principles. You will work with cloud platform engineers, network engineers, security teams, and application teams to ensure that network services are available, resilient, secure, and consumable through self-service interfaces. Your work will directly improve our ability to deliver reliable connectivity, enforce network governance, and support large-scale cloud adoption.

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