Cloud Network Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• A minimum of 12 years of applicable professional experience in network engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, site reliability engineering, or a related field.
• Deep hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale cloud or data center networks, including routing, subnet architecture, network fabrics, reachability, and multi-region connectivity.
• Experience supporting production services on Google Cloud, AWS, or Microsoft Azure.
• Proficiency with network automation and infrastructure-as-code using technologies such as Python, Go, Terraform, Ansible, Bash, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience leading response to critical production incidents, performing root-cause analysis, and implementing preventive corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of network security and hardening, observability, service reliability, failure domains, and operational readiness.
• Experience setting architecture direction and influencing multiple engineering teams without direct authority.
• Ability to communicate complex technical decisions clearly to engineering teams, partners, customers, and senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Google Cloud experience.
• Experience with BGP, VXLAN/EVPN, software-defined networking, Kubernetes/container networking, or cloud interconnect technologies.
• Experience building or operating storage, infrastructure, or other highly available services across multiple regions.
• Experience working with hyperscaler engineering teams or delivering a first-party cloud service.
• Experience improving service placement, routing, capacity, or network topology through automation and data-driven guardrails.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Applicable education, certifications, and/or technical training.

Responsibilities

• Lead network architecture, fabric design, and hardening across multi-region cloud environments, deployment stamps, subnets, and routing domains.
• Design and implement network and fabric changes, connectivity guardrails, reachability audits, and topology-aware placement and routing automation.
• Set technical direction and architecture standards for SRE and cloud platform teams, and lead design and operational readiness reviews for new regions, stamps, and releases.
• Act as a senior escalation point during P0/P1 incidents; lead network-focused troubleshooting and drive root-cause analyses through durable corrective actions.
• Partner with Product Engineering, Support, Google, and other stakeholders to resolve cross-team dependencies and improve service reliability.
• Reduce operational toil and alert noise through automation, stronger observability, and preventive engineering controls.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through code, architecture, and design reviews.
• Contribute to roadmap and capacity planning, and represent the organization in technical forums with partners and customers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, which may cover health insurance, life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off (PTO), leave options, performance-based incentives, an employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stock units (RSUs). Offerings vary by region and are subject to local laws, regulations, and company policies.