PeopleTec, Inc.
Cloud Network Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Huntsville, AL, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Network engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Network design including proven experience setting up restricted/compliant networks and securing inter-domain/enclave communication
- Cloud networking including hands-on experience with cloud networking services (VPC, VNets, peering, transit gateways, switches, routing tables, ABAC/RBAC rules)
- Linux operating system experience
- Multicast/UDP including practical knowledge of multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic handling
- SDN and Hardware-Defined Networking experience
- Secure routing across domains including ability to create and manage secure routing paths between isolated domains or enclaves
- Network physical infrastructure practical experience including establishing and managing software-in-the-cloud infrastructure
- 5 years of professional networking experience with focus on cloud and software-defined environments
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- An active DoD Secret clearance is required to perform this work. Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire, and the ability to maintain this level of clearance during their
Nice to have
- Container Network Interface (CNI) expertise including experience with one or more CNIs: Cilium, Multus, or similar
- Enterprise software hosting including background deploying and supporting enterprise-grade applications in production environments
- Network access policy development including experience defining and governing network access protocols, firewall rules, and zero-trust policies
- Container-mesh architectures including familiarity with container-based network meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and service-mesh concepts
- Cloud-to-cloud routing including experience routing traffic between multiple cloud service provider instances
- Hybrid cloud infrastructure including proven work with hybrid cloud models linking remote clouds to on-premise resources
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities including troubleshooting complex network issues
- Excellent communication skills including ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- Proactive mindset with focus on security, reliability, and scalability
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of cross-functional team
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CCNA/CCNP, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
Full description
Opportunity
PeopleTec is currently seeking a Cloud Network Engineer to support our Huntsville, AL location.
We are seeking a highly-skilled, full-time, on-site Cloud Network Engineer interested in joining an award-winning company and working with cutting-edge missile defense modeling and simulation technologies. The selected candidate will be a member of a dynamic Huntsville-based team designing, implementing, and operating secure, high-performance networks that span on-premise data centers, public cloud environments, software-defined networking (SDN), and container-native networking solutions for system-of-systems enterprises.
Duties Include:
- Secure network design and deployment including inter-domain routes, network segmentation, access controls, and policy enforcement across cloud and on-premise resources
- Cloud and multicast networking including infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.), multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic for high-throughput applications
- Software-defined and hardware-defined solutions including deployment and maintenance of platforms and appliances, and integration of network services with Kubernetes using CNI plugins and container-based networking
- Hybrid cloud integration including connection of remote cloud instances to on-premise data centers, ensuring reliable routing and latency optimization, and remote enclave connectivity
- Automation and monitoring including network provisioning and changes using IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and robust monitoring, logging, and alerting for network health and security events
- Collaboration and documentation working closely with security, DevSecOps, and application teams to define network access protocols and rules, and runbooks and knowledge-base articles for all network solutions
Qualifications
Required Skills/Experience:
- Network design including proven experience setting up restricted/compliant networks and securing inter-domain/enclave communication
- Cloud networking including hands-on experience with cloud networking services (VPC, VNets, peering, transit gateways, switches, routing tables, ABAC/RBAC rules)
- Linux operating system experience
- Multicast/UDP including practical knowledge of multicast UDP and broadcast UDP traffic handling
- SDN and Hardware-Defined Networking experience
- Secure routing across domains including ability to create and manage secure routing paths between isolated domains or enclaves
- Network physical infrastructure practical experience including establishing and managing software-in-the-cloud infrastructure