Cloud Network Engineer

PeopleTec•Huntsville, AL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

PeopleTec is seeking a full-time, on-site Cloud Network Engineer to support its Huntsville, Alabama location. The selected candidate will join a Huntsville-based team designing, implementing, and operating secure, high-performance networks for system-of-systems enterprises. These networks span on-premise data centers, public cloud environments, software-defined networking, and container-native networking solutions, supporting missile defense modeling and simulation technologies. The role involves secure network design and deployment; cloud and multicast networking; software- and hardware-defined networking; hybrid cloud integration; infrastructure automation and monitoring; and collaboration with security, DevSecOps, and application teams. The engineer will also create runbooks and knowledge-base articles documenting network solutions.

Requirements

Five years of professional networking experience, with a focus on cloud and software-defined environments.
Proven experience designing restricted or compliant networks and securing inter-domain or enclave communications.
Hands-on experience with cloud networking services, including VPCs, VNets, peering, transit gateways, switches, routing tables, and ABAC/RBAC rules.
Linux operating system experience.
Practical knowledge of multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic handling.
Experience with software-defined and hardware-defined networking.
Ability to create and manage secure routing paths between isolated domains or enclaves.
Practical experience with network physical infrastructure and establishing and managing software-in-the-cloud infrastructure.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance upon hire and be able to maintain it during employment.
A related degree and professional experience meeting one of the listed combinations: bachelor's degree with 5, 9, or 14 years of experience; master's degree with 3, 7, or 12 years; or PhD with 0, 4, or 9 years.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Container Network Interfaces such as Cilium, Multus, or similar.
Background deploying and supporting enterprise-grade applications in production environments.
Experience defining and governing network access protocols, firewall rules, and zero-trust policies.
Familiarity with container-based network meshes such as Istio or Linkerd and service-mesh concepts.
Experience routing traffic between multiple cloud service provider instances.
Proven experience with hybrid cloud models linking remote clouds to on-premise resources.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for troubleshooting complex network issues.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Proactive approach focused on security, reliability, and scalability.
Ability to work autonomously and as part of a cross-functional team.
Relevant certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

Responsibilities

Design and deploy secure networks, including inter-domain routes, network segmentation, access controls, and policy enforcement across cloud and on-premise resources.
Support cloud and multicast networking, including cloud infrastructure and multicast or broadcast UDP traffic for high-throughput applications.
Deploy and maintain software-defined and hardware-defined networking platforms and appliances.
Integrate network services with Kubernetes using CNI plugins and container-based networking.
Connect remote cloud instances to on-premise data centers, ensuring reliable routing, latency optimization, and remote enclave connectivity.
Automate network provisioning and changes using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for network health and security events.
Collaborate with security, DevSecOps, and application teams to define network access protocols and rules.
Create runbooks and knowledge-base articles for network solutions.