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Cloud Network Engineers II / Senior Cloud Network Engineers - Network, Optical & Hybrid Cloud

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Engineer, design, implement, and operate global routing, switching, optical, and hybrid-cloud network services, translating security and business requirements into secure technical architectures.

Role type

Senior IC Cloud Network Engineer (Optical & Hybrid Cloud)

Builds

Global network services connecting internal workloads and on-premises environments to Azure compute, networking, and storage services.

Domain

Telecommunications / Cloud Infrastructure / Optical Networking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Enterprise network design and development, Layer 2/3 routing and switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), MPLS technologies (traffic engineering, segment routing, EVPN, L3VPN, L2VPN), Overlay and resiliency technologies (VXLAN, MLAG), Optical transport systems (DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, OTN), Network automation (Python, Ansible), Hybrid cloud connectivity (Azure), TCP/IP troubleshooting, Security and compliance controls.

Preferred skills

Palo Alto Networks, Panorama, Arista, Cisco, F5, AI-assisted or agentic automation, Program or project management.

Technologies

Azure, Python, Ansible, Linux, Windows, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, VXLAN, MLAG, DWDM, CWDM, ROADM, OTN, OTDR

Responsibilities

Design and implement least-privilege hybrid network topologies; Develop automation for provisioning, deployment, validation, operations, and monitoring; Monitor, analyze, debug, and troubleshoot enterprise infrastructure across Layer 2 and Layer 3; Manage network and optical deployments through continuous-delivery practices; Mentor engineers and strengthen team practices in DevOps and engineering quality.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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