we are looking for someone who's not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that's constantly evolving.
We are looking for a Senior Staff Network Engineer to design, build, and operate our enterprise cloud network platform. This role focuses on Azure-first, multi-cloud (GCP/OCI) and hybrid connectivity across on-prem and cloud. You will lead complex network initiatives, improve resiliency and drive automation.
You will also act as a technical leader and escalation point for critical production issues. This role directly impacts application availability, customer experience and business continuity.
- Cloud & Hybrid Network Architecture
- Design scalable architectures across Azure hub-and-spoke, transit and edge VNets
- Build hybrid connectivity using ExpressRoute, VPN, and Interconnect
- Define standards for routing, segmentation, and traffic flow design
- Lead design reviews to ensure resiliency, security and simplicity
- Engineering & Delivery
- Own full lifecycle: design → build → test → deploy → operate
- Lead major initiatives like:
- Cloud migrations
- Network segmentation
- Network Resiliency improvements
- Validate readiness before production changes
- Network Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Build automation using Terraform, Python and CI/CD pipelines
- Standardize deployments using IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Create reusable modules for:
- VNets
- Routing
- Firewall policies
- Enable self-service provisioning for other teams
- Network Security & Zero Trust
- Design Zero Trust architectures and segmentation strategies
- Configure and operate:
- Palo Alto / Fortinet firewalls
- Private Endpoints / Private Link
- VPN and secure access patterns
- Work closely with security teams on:
- Threat reduction
- Policy enforcement
- Performance, Reliability & Operations
- Ensure high availability and performance across production networks
- Lead troubleshooting for complex issues:
- Packet drops
- Routing inconsistencies
- Firewalls
- Load Balancers
- Perform root cause analysis and drive long-term fixes
- Implement observability:
- Flow logs
- Metrics
- Packet capture insights
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Mentor engineers and raise overall team capability
- Act as L3/L4 escalation lead for critical incidents
- Work closely with:
- Cloud teams
- Edge Teams
- Security teams
- Application teams
- Vendors (Cisco, Microsoft, providers)
We are looking for candidates who possess the following:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 8-12+ years in network engineering
- 5+ years in cloud networking (Azure preferred)
- Strong expertise in:
- Routing: BGP, OSPF
- Networking: TCP/IP, DNS
- Modern constructs: VXLAN, EVPN
- Experience with hybrid connectivity:
- ExpressRoute
- VPN
- Interconnect
- Hands-on network security experience:
- NGFWs
- Segmentation
- Experience with large enterprise environments
- IaC: Terraform, Bicep
- Scripting: Python, PowerShell, Go
- Cloud-native networking:
- Private Link
- AKS / GKE networking
- Observability:
- Flow logs
- Telemetry tools
- SASE / SSE (Zscaler, Prisma Access)
- Multi-cloud traffic engineering
- GitOps / automation frameworks
- Cloud network is stable, secure and scalable
- Fewer incidents due to proactive design and automation
- Faster deployments using standardized architecture
- Clear visibility into network health
- Strong partnership across engineering and security teams
- Azure Cloud Networking (Hub-Spoke, Transit)
- Hybrid Connectivity & Traffic Engineering
- Network Automation (Terraform + Python)
- Network Security (Zero Trust, Firewalls)
- Troubleshooting at Scale (real production issues)
- Take ownership during incidents...lead with clarity and calm
- Communicate clearly to leadership (simple and direct)
- Learn from failures and improve systems
- Work closely with vendors to solve complex problems
- Competitive wages paid weekly
- Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
- Associate discounts
- Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
- Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
- Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
- An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve
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