Senior Cloud Networking Engineer

Skylo Technologies • Mountain View, CA

13h • $145,000 - $155,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Skylo is hiring a Senior Cloud Networking Engineer to design, implement, and optimize networking solutions across our cloud environments. You will be responsible for ensuring secure, scalable, and high-performing network connectivity for our global systems. This role will partner closely with cloud, DevOps, and security teams to deliver reliable cloud networking architectures that meet the needs of a growing, mission-critical platform.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering, with at least 3+ years in cloud networking.
• Deep knowledge of AWS VPC networking, GCP VPC & VPC-SC, or Azure Virtual Networks.
• Strong background in routing, BGP, DNS, firewalls, and load balancing in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNI, service mesh, ingress/egress).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with security tools, monitoring, and observability (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Certifications: AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer, CCNP/CCIE, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SD-WAN, private interconnects (Direct Connect, Cloud Interconnect, ExpressRoute).
• Hands-on knowledge of API security, service meshes (Istio/Linkerd), and zero-trust networking.
• Prior experience in high-availability, large-scale, or regulated industries (fintech, telecom, healthtech).

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain networking solutions in AWS and GCP including VPCs, subnets, routing, peering, and hybrid connectivity.
• Design and configure load balancing, API gateways, private service access, and service meshes for modern application environments.
• Implement and manage cloud-based firewalls, NAT, VPNs, and SD-WAN solutions.
• Optimize network performance, latency, and availability for distributed systems.
• Enforce network security best practices, including zero-trust principles, segmentation, and encryption in transit.
• Partner with the security team to monitor for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and potential threats.
• Support compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.) through secure network design.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting of network connectivity, latency, and throughput issues.
• Build automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.) for network provisioning.
• Maintain observability and monitoring tools to ensure health and reliability of network services.
• Provide on-call support for critical infrastructure networking issues.
• Work closely with Cloud Architect, cloud infrastructure, and application teams to ensure networking aligns with business requirements.
• Contribute to long-term cloud networking strategy, including multi-cloud and hybrid connectivity.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to documentation, standards, and best practices.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan
• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
• A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad
• Once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of developing and running world’s first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service
• Access to world-class team and talent across tech domains: software, hardware, chipsets, telecom, satellite and network virtualization
• Open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed