- Job Opportunity with TEKsystems
- Cloud Network Architect
- Automation (terraform, IAC), Network architecture (Hub and spoke, spine leaf), Cloud network architecture
Job Role
The cloud network architect will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining our cloud-based network solutions. This role involves working closely with cross functional teams to understand business needs and aligning the cloud architecture to optimize performance, security and scalability.
What You'll Be Doing
Design and Architecture
- Design and architect secure cloud network solutions in AWS, Azure and Private cloud environments.
- Develop and enforce cloud network best practices, guidelines and standards
- Partner with other architects to define the technical strategy across the network and drive the execution with teams.
- Stay current with industry trends, innovations and best practices in cloud networking
- Lead the use of automation to manage and maintain the network infrastructure in public and private cloud environments.
Monitoring and Optimization
- Monitoring network performance and implement enhancements to optimize for speed and reliability.
- Optimize cost efficiency across the public and private cloud network infrastructure.
Security Management
- Ensure network security in alignment with industry standard best practice through appropriate business measures, including firewalls, intrusion protections systems and encryption etc.
- Regularly assess and remediate vulnerabilities and threats to the cloud network infrastructure using automation
Collaboration and Support
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams to plan and deploy cloud-based network strategies
- Provide technical support for network related issues and guidance to junior staff in network troubleshooting and optimizations.
Documentation and Reporting
- Create network documentation for network design, configuration and standard operating procedures.
- Present to technical and non-technical stakeholders on technical strategy and report on network performance.
Key Skills
- Cloud Architecture & Networking
- Extensive experience with hub-and-spoke topology and spine-leaf architecture.
- Strong expertise in Azure networking and security, backed by Azure Networking & Security Engineer certifications.
- Advanced academic background supporting technical depth and strategic thinking.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
- Proficient in Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible for deploying and maintaining cloud resources.
- Skilled in building and managing automation pipelines to streamline operations.
- Hands-on experience in cloud resource orchestration and infrastructure automation.
- Cybersecurity & Monitoring
- Solid experience in cybersecurity practices, including firewall management (Palo Alto).
- Extensive exposure to monitoring and alerting systems for proactive issue resolution.
- Strong focus on compliance, resilience, and secure cloud operations.
- Storage, Platforms & Emerging Tech
- Expertise in storage solutions across platform and infrastructure layers.
- Exposure to AI technologies and their integration into cloud environments.
Ability to align storage and compute resources with business needs.
