Network Engineer

Armor Defense Inc•Plano, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Armor is seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer with strong experience in VMware NSX-T, enterprise networking fundamentals, virtualization, and hybrid cloud networking. Experience with F5, VMware vCloud Director, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and other cloud networking technologies are highly desirable. This role involves designing, deploying, and managing network virtualization solutions, implementing networking in Oracle OCI, AWS, and Azure, architecting hybrid cloud connectivity, configuring and optimizing F5 BIG-IP, implementing VPN solutions, configuring BGP routing, managing VMware vCloud Director and vSphere, conducting NSX V-to-T migrations, configuring cloud-native network security services, building infrastructure-as-code, collaborating with other teams, troubleshooting complex issues, and documenting network architectures. The role also requires using AI-assisted tools for design, scripting, documentation, and troubleshooting.

Requirements

4+ years of Network Engineering experience supporting enterprise production environments.
Hands-on experience with VMware NSX-T and VMware vSphere.
Strong networking fundamentals including BGP routing, Layer 2/Layer 3 VPNs, routing, and network segmentation.
Experience with networking in at least ONE major cloud platform (Oracle OCI, AWS, or Azure), including hybrid connectivity.
Strong troubleshooting skills, customer-facing production support experience, and excellent communication/documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

VMware vCloud Director (vCD)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM, APM, ASM)
Open-source load balancing/WAF (NGINX, HAProxy, Envoy, ModSecurity, Coraza)
Proxmox, KVM, or other open-source virtualization
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Ansible)
Python, Bash, or PowerShell scripting
Git and CI/CD
Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Calico, Cilium
SD-WAN
Zero Trust networking
Multi-cloud networking (AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP)
Network observability and monitoring (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, vRealize Network Insight)
Firewall platforms (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point)
Cloud-native WAF, DDoS protection, and CDN integration
AI-assisted development tools and AI security awareness
All preferred certifications (VMware, OCI, AWS, Azure, F5, Proxmox)
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) - NSX-T
VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV, VCP-NV, or VCP-Cloud).
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Networking Professional.
F5 Certified Technology Specialist (F5-CTS LTM, GTM, or APM).
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty.
Microsoft Certified Azure Network Engineer Associate.
Proxmox VE Certified Professional, or equivalent open-source virtualization certification.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage VMware NSX-T network virtualization solutions, including micro-segmentation, distributed firewall, and network automation.
Design and implement networking in Oracle OCI, AWS, and Azure, including Compartments, VPCs, VNets, subnets, security groups, route tables, VPNs, FastConnect, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, load balancing, DRG, Transit Gateway, Virtual WAN, PrivateLink, Private Endpoints, and cloud-native DNS.
Architect and maintain hybrid cloud connectivity between on-premises virtualization environments and public cloud providers (OCI, AWS, Azure).
Configure and optimize F5 BIG-IP (LTM, GTM, APM, ASM) to ensure high availability, redundancy, and security, and evaluate and deploy open-source load balancing and WAF alternatives (NGINX, HAProxy, Envoy, ModSecurity, Coraza, or equivalent) where appropriate.
Implement and manage Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN (L2L) solutions for secure connectivity between data centers and cloud environments.
Configure and maintain BGP routing for dynamic network communication and optimized traffic flows across multi-site deployments.
Manage and optimize VMware vCloud Director (vCD) for multi-tenant cloud environments, including resource provisioning and networking.
Administer VMware vSphere and adjacent VMware products (vRealize, vSAN, Horizon) to ensure performance, scalability, and security for virtualized workloads.
Conduct VMware NSX V-to-T migrations and support SDDC and hardware refresh activities.
Configure and manage cloud-native network security services, including WAF, DDoS protection (AWS Shield, Azure DDoS Protection, OCI WAF), PrivateLink and Private Endpoints, and Network Security Groups across cloud environments.
Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM) for networking configurations, and contribute to GitOps and pipeline automation workflows.
Collaborate with SRE, Platform Architecture, Security, and Product Engineering teams to enforce compliance, improve network security posture, and support customer-facing reliability.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex networking and virtualization issues across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, and provide Level 2 and Level 3 support for networking, incidents, escalations, and performance tuning.
Document network architectures, configurations, runbooks, and operational procedures so launched capabilities are support-ready.
Use AI-assisted tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent) as a daily part of design, scripting, documentation, and troubleshooting work, critically evaluating AI generated outputs for accuracy, security, and operational fit.