Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Networking

Job Description Summary

Design and optimize cloud networking infrastructure across 100+ AWS accounts in multiple regions. The role requires expertise in secure cloud network design, balancing security, cost efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Networking to design and optimize cloud networking infrastructure across 100+ AWS accounts in multiple regions. The role requires expertise in secure cloud network design, balancing security, cost efficiency, and operational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute in designing and implementing secure, scalable and highly available cloud networking solutions.
• Manage AWS networking services such as VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53, NACLs, Security Groups, AWS Orgs, AWS Backup Solutions and VPNs.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices, including WAF, IAM policies, encryption and zero-trust networking.
• Automate network provisioning and management using Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitOps, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Optimize network performance, cost efficiency and reliability through proactive monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with security, CloudOps and application teams to enforce cloud networking standards.
• Implement and maintain multi-region and multi-account network strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network performance, connectivity and security issues.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud networking.
• Strong expertise in VPC design, peering, Transit Gateway and hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect/VPN).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitOps through ArgoCD, CloudFormation or CDK.
• Experience with network automation and scripting (Python, Bash or Go).
• Strong understanding of network security principles (Zero Trust, WAF, Security Groups, NACLs).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Splunk, SignalFX or Prometheus).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking (CNI, service mesh like Istio or AWS VPC Lattice) is a plus.
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty is highly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of SD-WAN, SASE and advanced network architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud-native service discovery and API gateways.

Education Qualification

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with advanced experience.

Desired CharacteristicsTechnical Expertise:

• Strong hands-on experience in managing large scale enterprise grade cloud environments in AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Unix / Linux based programming

Business Acumen:

• Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
• Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends
• Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices

Leadership:

• Ability to takes ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members
• Ensures understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results
• Identifies misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Makes suggestions to course correct
• Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives
Personal Attributes:
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective team building and problem solving abilities
• Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: GE_power-360642680

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-03-19T11:34:03