Cloud Network Engineer
- Military veterans preferred
2025-06-12 Sev1tech, Inc.
Other
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Arlington Virginia 22201 United States
Sev1tech, Inc.
Cloud Network Engineer
US-VA-Arlington
Job ID: 2025-8992 Type: Full Time W/Benefits Ret Match Arlington, VA
Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Cloud Network Engineer to join our team. As the Cloud Network Engineer, you will supporting a lead role in the design, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of cloud infrastructure, ensuring network performance and security are maintained at optimal levels.
Working on a team consisting of Cloud Architects, Engineers, and Administrators supporting the enterprise, you will be responsibile for the following:
Design, plan, and establish cloud networks using various cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud.
Design network architectures considering high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
Configure Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), subnets, transit gateways, VPN connections, and other cloud network components.
Analyze cloud network traffic patterns and optimize for performance.
Collaborate with other teams to ensure applications are using network resources efficiently.
Implement Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), load balancers, and other strategies to optimize user access.
Install, maintain and evaluate network systems and communications and troubleshoots the most complex network issues.
Conduct various researches and analysis regarding new technology, network traffic, potential security risk, etc.
Lead the network architecture design and optimization. Must have extensive knowledge of Internet, computer, routers, switches, firewall, etc.
Work on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state of the art technical or industry knowledge.
May provide a leadership role for the work group through knowledge in the area of specialization.
Responsibilities
Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role and a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. -OR- Minimum of 9 years of experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role.
Experience focused on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS components and associated networking tools and services, such as AWS VPC, Azure Virtual Network, or GCP Cloud VPC.
Experience in working with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
Knowledge of IP networking, VPNs, DNS, load balancing, and firewalls.
Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and communication skills.
Cloud-specific certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Network Engineer or Google Cloud Professional Network Engineer required
Network-related certifications such as Cisco CCNA or CCNP, Juniper's JNCIA, JNCIS or CompTIA Network+ required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Qualifications
DHS EOD - 1st priority
Any DHS badge + DoD Top Secret or Secret - 2nd choice
DoD Secret or Top Secret + willingness to get EOD clearance - 3rd choice (it can take 45 days to obtain EOD clearance – work can only begin once the clearance is fully adjudicated)
Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
