Senior Cloud Networking Engineer

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo

Skylo is hiring a Senior Cloud Networking Engineer to design, implement, and optimize networking solutions across our cloud environments. You will be responsible for ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performing network connectivity for our global systems. This role will partner closely with cloud, DevOps, and security teams to deliver reliable cloud networking architectures that meet the needs of a growing, mission-critical platform.

How You Will Contribute

• Cloud Networking Design & Implementation
  • Architect and maintain networking solutions in AWS and GCP including VPCs, subnets, routing, peering, and hybrid connectivity.
  • Design and configure load balancing, API gateways, private service access, and service meshes for modern application environments.
  • Implement and manage cloud-based firewalls, NAT, VPNs, and SD-WAN solutions.
  • Optimize network performance, latency, and availability for distributed systems.
• Security & Compliance
  • Enforce network security best practices, including zero-trust principles, segmentation, and encryption in transit.
  • Partner with the security team to monitor for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential threats.
  • Support compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.) through secure network design.
• Operations & Troubleshooting
  • Lead advanced troubleshooting of network connectivity, latency, and throughput issues.
  • Build automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.) for network provisioning.
  • Maintain observability and monitoring tools to ensure health and reliability of network services.
  • Provide on-call support for critical infrastructure networking issues.
• Collaboration & Strategy
  • Work closely with Cloud Architect, cloud infrastructure, and application teams to ensure networking aligns with business requirements.
  • Contribute to long-term cloud networking strategy, including multi-cloud and hybrid connectivity.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to documentation, standards, and best practices.

What We Look For

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering, with at least 3+ years in cloud networking.
• Deep knowledge of AWS VPC networking, GCP VPC & VPC-SC, or Azure Virtual Networks.
• Strong background in routing, BGP, DNS, firewalls, and load balancing in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNI, service mesh, ingress/egress).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with security tools, monitoring, and observability (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Certifications: AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer, CCNP/CCIE, or equivalent.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with SD-WAN, private interconnects (Direct Connect, Cloud Interconnect, ExpressRoute).
• Hands-on knowledge of API security, service meshes (Istio/Linkerd), and zero-trust networking.
• Prior experience in high-availability, large-scale, or regulated industries (fintech, telecom, healthtech).

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan.
• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement.
• A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad.
• Once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of developing and running world’s first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service.
• Access to world-class team and talent across tech domains: software, hardware, chipsets, telecom, satellite and network virtualization.
• Open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics.

Additional Information

The compensation range for this position is: $145,000 - $155,000. This range reflects the low and high end of the range Skylo reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role.