Cloud Network Solutions Architect

Network Development Engineer Role:Our team is seeking a highly skilled Network Development Engineer to design and implement network solutions, ensuring site reliability, performance, and security.This role involves completing change requests, fulfilling service requests, incident response, and problem management. The successful candidate will create tools that facilitate change validation, verify service health, and expose performance metrics.Key Responsibilities:Participate in the design and architecture of network solutions, contributing to development of standalone features and enhancementsLead and support network build, upgrade, and migration projects as part of our Cloud Services transformation to OCI infrastructureImplement, maintain, and support cloud-based Network SaaS components in alignment with SLAs/OLAsCollaborate with program and project managers to define milestones, deliverables, and execution plansCreate and maintain runbooks, methods of procedure (MOPs), and documentation for network changes and operationsEnsure site reliability, performance, and security, maintaining 'Site UP' as the highest operational priorityActively monitor the production environment with the Global Operations Center to proactively detect and resolve issuesProvide break-fix support during network events, act as an escalation point, and lead root cause analysis and postmortem documentationParticipate in on-call rotations, including weekend or global coverage as requiredDevelop and capture network service health metrics to monitor and report on service performance Automation & Tool Development:Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools (Python or other object-oriented languages) to streamline network operationsAutomate manual processes using APIs and automation frameworks to improve operational efficiencyCoordinate with network automation services teams to design and integrate support toolingServe as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on network automation and software development initiatives Collaboration & Continuous Improvement:Work closely with network vendor technical teams and internal QA to drive bug resolution and firmware/software validationPartner with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and process improvementLead and participate in automation and innovation workshops to enhance organizational capabilitiesMentor and guide junior engineers, promoting skill development in automation, troubleshooting, and network design Required Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field or equivalent hands-on experience in large-scale network environments4+ years of professional experience supporting carrier-grade, IP-based ISP, web-scale, on-premises datacenter, and cloud-provider network infrastructuresProven record of progressive responsibility and technical growth in network engineering rolesAdvanced-level expertise with multiple network operating systems, including Cisco IOS, NX-OS, and TMOSStrong operational knowledge of internet routing protocols and core networking concepts, including TCP/IP, BGP, iBGP, EGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, Anycast, RHI, and route reflectionProficiency in network automation and DevOps practices, with experience using tools and languages such as Python, Ansible, Chef, Docker, Terraform, Perl, JavaScript, JSON, REST, iControl, Bash, YAML, XML, and iControlRest Preferred Skills and Experience:4+ years of experience in network peering, design, customer provisioning, migration, and decommissioning1–2+ years of experience designing and managing cloud-based network servicesWorking knowledge of databases such as Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, or PL/SQLHands-on experience with traffic management and load balancing technologiesExperience supporting DNS infrastructure and servicesProficiency working in Linux/Unix environments for network operations and troubleshooting