- Company Name
- Gore Mutual Insurance
- Job Title
- Cloud Network Engineer
- Job Description
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Job Title: Cloud Network Engineer
Role Summary: Architect, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable cloud networking solutions across on‑premises, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon AWS platforms. Collaborate with cross‑functional IT teams to integrate cloud network services, enforce security best practices, and ensure high availability, performance, and observability.
Expectations:
- Own end‑to‑end cloud network implementation and ongoing operations.
- Lead automation of networking resources via Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
- Maintain documentation, monitoring, and disaster‑recovery support.
- Provide on‑call support for network incidents.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and provision Azure and AWS networking components (VNets, subnets, peering, VPN, VPC, NSGs, route tables).
- Deploy and manage network infrastructure with Terraform; integrate with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
- Configure and maintain Palo Alto firewalls, WAF, NAC, and other security appliances.
- Set up and manage B2B IPsec VPN connections and secure inter‑domain communications.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, and native cloud services.
- Perform disaster recovery planning, test, and support procedures.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve networking issues (routers, switches, firewalls, wireless, VPN concentrators).
- Document network diagrams, policies, and SOPs; review annually.
- Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Cloud Centre of Excellence, and IT Operations on network design and security guidelines.
- Support company AV infrastructure monitoring and maintenance.
- Participate in on‑call rotation for after‑hours network incident response.
Required Skills:
- Proficiency in IP networking, routing (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), switching, and VLANs.
- Expertise in Cloud networking for Azure (Virtual Networks, NSGs, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway) and AWS (VPC, Security Groups, Route Tables, VPN Gateway, Direct Connect).
- Terraform scripting for infrastructure provisioning.
- CI/CD pipeline development in Azure DevOps or equivalent.
- Security architecture: firewalls (Palo Alto), WAF, NAC, intrusion detection/prevention.
- Monitoring/observability tools (Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch).
- Incident response and on‑call experience.
- Strong documentation and communication skills.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in network engineering with at least 3 years in CISCO networking and 2 years in AWS & Azure networking.
- Minimum 5 years managing Palo Alto firewalls.
- Minimum 2 years DevOps experience.
- Certifications: CCNP or CCIE (preferred); AZ‑700 highly desirable; additional cloud networking or security certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Advanced Networking, Palo Alto Certifications) are advantageous.