Cloud Network Engineer

PeopleTec, Inc.•Huntsville, AL

8d•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 spanning on-premise data centers, public cloud environments, software-defined networking, and container-native networking solutions for system-of-systems enterprises. The work supports missile defense modeling and simulation technologies.

Requirements

At least 5 years of professional networking experience focused 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 such as VPCs, VNets, peering, transit gateways, switches, routing tables, and ABAC/RBAC rules.
Linux operating system experience.
Practical knowledge of handling multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic.
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.
One of the stated education and experience combinations: a related bachelor's degree and 5 years of professional experience, a related master's degree and 3 years, or a PhD with no experience; alternatively, a related bachelor's degree and 9 years, a related master's degree and 7 years, or a PhD with 4 years; alternatively, a related bachelor's degree and 14 years, a related master's degree and 12 years, or a PhD with 9 years.

Nice To Haves

Expertise with Container Network Interfaces, including Cilium, Multus, or similar.
Experience 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 instances across multiple cloud service providers.
Proven experience with hybrid cloud models linking remote clouds to on-premise resources.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, including 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, and 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, and 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.