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Our Sr. Cloud Engineer will serve as the technical authority for the network layer of a modern, cloud-first enterprise. In this role, you'll architect, implement, and optimize core network services across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will lead strategy and execution around F5 load balancing, next-generation firewalling (Palo Alto and FortiGate), and cloud interconnect design to ensure scalability, high availability, seamless performance, and uncompromising security.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and optimize cloud-native network architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Engineer multi-cloud connectivity - Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and Interconnect - for high-performance, redundant global networks.
- Own F5 in the cloud (BIG-IP VE / NGINX / Distributed Cloud) for advanced load balancing, traffic management, and security.
- Lead firewall strategy across Palo Alto (Panorama, GlobalProtect) and Fortinet FortiGate for segmentation, VPNs, and advanced threat protection.
- Architect and secure VPCs, VNets, and shared service models - routing, peering, NAT, and private connectivity.
- Integrate Cisco virtual appliances and cloud-native routing solutions for scalable, secure interconnectivity.
- Automate everything - leverage Python, Ansible, or Terraform to enforce consistency and speed up deployments.
- Monitor and optimize performance across hybrid and multi-cloud networks using advanced observability and telemetry tools.
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis for complex network or connectivity issues.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Cloud, Security, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and security alignment.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- 7+ years of experience in network engineering, with 3+ years focused on cloud networking.
- Deep hands-on expertise with Azure (VNets, NSGs, Front Door, peering, route tables, Private DNS).
- Strong experience with AWS (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53) and GCP (VPCs, Interconnect, Cloud DNS) .
- Master-level skills in F5 BIG-IP VE, NGINX, or F5 Distributed Cloud.
- Proven experience managing Palo Alto and FortiGate in cloud deployments.
- Advanced routing and security knowledge - BGP, IPSec, GRE, NAT, segmentation, and high-availability designs.
- Scripting and automation skills (Python, Ansible, Terraform) - you treat infrastructure as code.
- Performance and reliability mindset - you know how to design for scale and uptime.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field or equivalent years of experience.
- Proficiency in operating systems and common applications.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent working knowledge of networking concepts.
- Strong technical knowledge with 4+ years hands-on experience in the following technologies:
- Next gen firewalls
- F5 load balancer
- Networking TCP/IP stack and troubleshooting
- Windows (OS, services, registry, GPO, access controls, Domain, etc..)
- PowerShell, YAML, JSON, XML, Python, or similar scripting languages
- Windows IIS Services and experience troubleshooting applications running on that platform.
- Linux/Tomcat/Apache based systems, and experience troubleshooting applications running on that platform.
- Experience with .Net, Cold Fusion, and Java runtime platforms.
- Terraform, Chef, Ansible or Puppet
- Docker \Container's technologies
- Azure Cloud (AWS equivalent a plus)
- Must have experience delivering PaaS services in public cloud.
- Required experience with Public Cloud platform using Microsoft Azure and/or commercial cloud platform.
- Must have excellent written and oral communications, including technical documents, and process documents.
- Ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely.
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Ansira Partners
Nov 25, 2025