Cloud Network Engineering Lead, VP

About the role

This role is responsible for delivering major transformational initiatives, including AWS Landing Zone deployment, application migration, and multi-cloud rationalization. The position involves designing and executing operational objectives by engineering, evaluating, recommending, testing, and implementing plans for both current and emerging network technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and support AWS multi-VPC, multi-region cloud network infrastructure, Load balancing, DNS, and IPAM.
• Evaluate and implement new network infrastructure and topologies.
• Leverage automation tools including Terraform, Ansible, and Python scripting to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and accelerate technology deployments.
• Drive improvements in network performance to support various business services.
• Leverage tools (logic-monitor, flow logs, CloudWatch, Netbrain, SolarWinds, and Wireshark, etc.) and automation/scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python) to troubleshoot routing, load balancing, DNS, infrastructure and application performance issues, find and improve bottlenecks.
• Design, configure, deploy, and troubleshoot LTMs/GTMs, ALBs, NLBs, and GLBs, Route53, Infoblox DNS, and IPAM.
• Support audit, vulnerability, and compliance related efforts.
• Evaluate emerging technologies on an ongoing basis, identify needs and be able to make recommendations for new technologies and vendor solutions based on network vision and strategy, leveraging latest industry developments.
• Embed Information Security and Risk Management principles within culture requiring continuous improvement to complex functions to coordinate security and compliance risks related to information systems and assets. Drive coordination, consensus, and execution to mitigate risk, issues, and emerging threats in mission-critical environments.
• Maintain excellent network documentation using Visio, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Excellent verbal / written communication skills a must.
• Able to support weekend / after-hours network deployments and escalations to troubleshoot production issues. Participate in the team's on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in Cloud Engineering, with a focus on network engineering and troubleshooting.
• Expert level proficiency in multiple cloud disciplines and on-premises network, covering technical architecture, network management, observability, core network infrastructure, LTMs/GTMs, ALBs, NLBs, GLBs, Route53, and Infoblox DNS, IPAM, and network security.
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale multi-VPC AWS Network Architecture and IAC integration such as Terraform, Ansible for resource provisioning and management.
• Ability to determine business requirements and provide detailed designs.
• Proficient in developing automation scripts and command-line tools using high-level programming languages such as Terraform, Ansible and Python, aimed at streamlining workflows and enhancing developer productivity.
• Experience in zero trust environments.
• Experience with Network Management and Analytical tools such as Datadog, Grafana, logic-monitor, flow logs, CloudWatch, SolarWinds, Netbrain, and Wireshark.
• Strong grasp of network design principles, including segmentation, load balancing, fault tolerance, application rationalization, performance optimization, and networking principles, protocols, and technologies (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, VRFs, OSPF, and BGP, etc.), with a focus on building scalable and resilient infrastructure.
• Strong collaboration skills for effective communication with cross-functional teams, including developers, platform engineers, security, risk, and business stakeholders.
• Solid organizational skills, attention to detail and excellent communication skills.