Cloud Network Engineer

Job Description

Position Summary

Effectual Cloud Network Engineers (CNEs) are members of the Professional Services (PS) team that specialize in moving networks and functions to private, public, and hybrid cloud infrastructures to maximize their flexibility and productivity. They are responsible for ensuring exceptional customer satisfaction and technical excellence in the performance of their tasks. Effectual CNEs are “Brand Ambassadors” and are expected to stay current on leading practices to deliver high-quality, well-conceived solutions to customers.

A Glimpse into the Daily Routine of a Cloud Network Engineer

A Cloud Network Engineer joins the client’s effort as part of the delivery team. CNEs bring their expertise in AWS Networking, from design to implementation. They collaborate alongside Cloud Engineers, Cloud Architects, and other team members, ensuring the clients’ needs are fully satisfied.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Enable customers’ use of AWS to achieve their business objectives through the design, implementation, and optimization of cloud networking infrastructure.
• Deploy Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) resources including subnets, network access control lists, and security groups.
• Design, configure, implement, troubleshoot, or support AWS networking and connectivity services, including Transit Gateway, VPC peering, and related interconnect technologies.
• Apply knowledge of enterprise networking technologies and protocols, such as Palo Alto or Cisco platforms and BGP, as appropriate to the engagement.
• Implement and configure AWS Direct Connect connections.
• Deploy, test, diagram, and document development, pre-production, and production environments at the network layer.
• Enable and configure AWS VPC flow logs, load balancer logging, and other network visibility tooling.
• Leverage resource tagging and network usage data to assist in cost analysis and capacity planning.
• Configure AWS networking infrastructure for technical performance, resilience, security, and budgetary efficiency.
• Assist in the development of migration plans for network connectivity and services moving from on-premises environments to AWS.
• Advise clients on networking changes required to support connectivity to AWS.
• Configure on-premises to AWS hybrid networking and confirm connectivity between environments.
• Participate in daily delivery-team meetings to review progress, resolve technical dependencies, and align on implementation decisions.
• Submit time on assigned projects daily.
• Operate with transparency; be responsive to requests from team members for information.
• Communicate working preferences and understand the working preferences of others to foster a high-performing team environment.
• Additional responsibilities as requested.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in a predominantly AWS Cloud networking capacity (AWS experience must have been within the last 2 years).
• 3+ years of experience delivering network or cloud infrastructure solutions in a customer-facing environment.
• 1+ year of experience supporting work delivered in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong working knowledge of leading AWS cloud security practices, particularly as they apply to networking.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / AWS CloudFormation).
• Experience working within structured infrastructure delivery, change-management, and documentation processes.
• Ability to work with multiple clients in parallel.
• Attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication and time management.

Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience

• Multi-cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with network automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible).
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP).
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate.
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate.
• Networking certifications (CCNA, CCNP, PCCSE, PCNSE).
• Prior experience using Mavenlink
• Project management certification(s) (e.g.: PMP)

Company Offered Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our employee benefit programs:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurances,
• Short term disability, long term disability and life insurances,
• 401k with Company match
• Paid time off (PTO) (120 hours PTO that accrue over one year)
• Paid time off for major holidays (14 days per year)
• These and any other employee benefit offerings are subject to management’s discretion and may change at any time.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The work is generally performed in an office environment.  Physical demands include sitting, keyboarding, verbal communication, written communication.  Employees are occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Salary Range for this position: $125,000-$160,000

Location: Remote

Travel Requirements: Travel to client sites is estimated at approximately 20% or less. Travel frequency and duration will be communicated in advance, allowing for proper planning and coordination. Typically, travel may include attending conferences, client meetings, training sessions, and other business-related events.

“Salary ranges provided are for informational purposes only and may vary depending on factors such as experience, qualifications, and geographic location. The final salary offer will be determined based on the candidate’s skills and alignment with the role requirements.”

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended anytime at the sole discretion of the Employer. Duties and responsibilities are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. Effectual Inc. is an EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected classification in its hiring, promoting, or any other job-related opportunity.