Senior Cloud Network Engineer (Azure)

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Network Engineer:

A highly experienced professional to help design, build, and evolve network infrastructure across a large-scale, enterprise technology environment. This individual will play a key technical role in supporting cloud transformation initiatives, with a particular emphasis on Azure networking, network security, routing, and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, engineer, and implement network solutions across Azure, on-premises, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Design scalable and secure cloud networking architectures that support enterprise applications, infrastructure, and end users.
• Engineer and optimize routing solutions utilizing technologies and protocols such as BGP, OSPF, MP-BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, and Geneve.
• Develop and support network security capabilities including firewalls, VPN, proxies, network access controls, segmentation, and related security technologies.
• Support application delivery technologies including load balancing, content delivery, and traffic management solutions.
• Help automate network provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational processes across multi-cloud environments.
• Serve as a senior technical resource for complex networking and network security challenges.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to the organization's networking and security capabilities.
• Participate in proofs of concept, lab testing, technical evaluations, and implementation of new technologies.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, security, application, and architecture teams to gather requirements and develop appropriate technical solutions.
• Participate throughout the engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture, design, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and production deployment.
• Work with technology vendors and service providers to evaluate solutions supporting enterprise networking strategies.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, engineering standards, implementation documentation, and operational procedures.
• Mentor engineers and help establish and promote technical standards and engineering best practices.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in enterprise networking and/or network security engineering, including significant architecture and design responsibilities.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing networking solutions within Azure.
• Strong understanding of networking within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Advanced knowledge of routing technologies and protocols, including BGP and OSPF.
• Experience with technologies such as MP-BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, and network overlays/encapsulation.
• Strong knowledge of network security technologies, including firewalls, VPNs, proxies, NAC, and network segmentation.
• Experience with virtual networking, data center networking, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Familiarity with application delivery technologies such as load balancers and CDNs.
• Experience working across multi-vendor network environments.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, security, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Experience engineering solutions within environments containing both modern platforms and legacy infrastructure.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex network issues using packet analysis, flow data, monitoring platforms, and other diagnostic tools.
• Strong documentation and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and influence architecture and engineering decisions.

Required Skills:

• Experience with network and infrastructure automation using Ansible and/or Python.
• Experience designing or implementing network segmentation strategies.
• Exposure to additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience with packet capture, network telemetry, and flow-monitoring technologies.
• Advanced networking, cloud, or security certifications such as Cisco, Arista, CISSP, or comparable industry credentials.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Skills:

• Deep hands-on networking expertise with a modern cloud engineering mindset.
• Comfortable working in a large enterprise environment, solving complex technical problems, and navigating major infrastructure transformations.
• Significant experience applying traditional data center networking fundamentals to Azure cloud networking, network security, and automation.