Lead Network Reliability Engineer - 11624

Coupa; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Coupa is seeking a Lead Network Reliability Engineer to join our high-growth SaaS platform. You will architect, automate, and support large-scale networks across public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP) with an automation-first mindset and strong service ownership.

You will design and implement network solutions, lead reviews, onboard engineers, and drive reliability while staying current with the latest advances in networking and security. This role demands leadership and deep cloud networking expertise.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent; 10+ years in enterprise SaaS.
• Expert in Firewall, VPN, IDS/IPS, DNS, BGP, and public cloud networks.
• Experience in data center and cloud environments; deployed physical and cloud networking solutions.
• Proficient in Python, Java, Ruby.
• Experience with Terraform and CloudFormation; or Chef & Ansible.
• Strong ownership, problem solving, and accountability.
• Solid understanding of networking in public cloud; DNS/Mail hosting experience.
• Security and certificate management knowledge.
• Relevant OS, networking and cloud certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, automate, and support network solutions in a massive-scale public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deploy firewall and security tooling (NGFW, IDS/IPS) across cloud environments.
• Manage VM-based and cloud-native firewalls; enterprise-scale.
• Develop roadmaps using established public cloud design standards.
• Lead design reviews; provide network support to Engineering teams.
• Own and deliver network infra as code; reduce toil and improve reliability.
• Evaluate and monitor network performance, capacity, and availability tools.
• Onboard/mentor new network development engineers; provide technical leadership.
• Stay current with network trends; participate in industry events.
• Participate in on-call rotation and travel as needed.

Skills

Firewall

VPN

IDS/IPS

DNS

BGP

Public Cloud

Python

Java

Ruby

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Chef

Ansible

Job description

Why join Coupa?

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we’re at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.

Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa.

The Impact of a Lead Network Reliability Engineer at Coupa

Coupa Software is a high-growth SaaS company and market leader in the BSM (Business Spend Management) space. We are in a major growth phase and wish to expand our Network Reliability Engineering team to help transform and scale our leading cloud platform.

Joining the team as a Lead Network Reliability Engineer will provide you the opportunity to make a huge impact and take your career to the next level. You will bring an automation-first approach to your day-to-day activities, architecting solutions for a massive-scale cloud networking infrastructure through code and have a strong sense of service ownership and accountability. You will be supported through in‑house training and certification on our Coupa University platform and through subscriptions with leading learning partners.

Coupa operates an open and autonomous work culture, where employees are challenged and critical thinking is encouraged. We operate an inverted organization structure, meaning we support our employees, not manage them. This is core to our culture and we do everything we can to foster an entrepreneurial spirit within our team as we strive for personal and organizational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Design, deploy, automate and support network solutions in a massive-scale public cloud environment (AWS and Azure)
• Have experience with application and network security tooling, such as next generation firewalls and IDS/IPS
• Be experienced in deploying VM-based (Palo Alto Network Firewall, Fortinet, CheckPoint), and Cloud Native (AWS/Azure/GCP) Firewalls for enterprise organizations
• Have a comprehensive knowledge of networks and protocols, including TLS, DNS, BGP
• Develop roadmaps using established public cloud design standards
• Participate in design reviews and provide network support and leadership to the Engineering organization
• Bring a development mindset in areas such as managing network infrastructure as code, elimination of toil and a strong sense of accountability and service ownership
• Evaluate, specify, implement and support network performance, capacity and availability monitoring tools
• Help to grow the global network function, onboarding new network development engineers and providing technical leadership and setting the team direction
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in network infrastructure, networking with peers and attending industry events
• Participate in an on-call rotation as required
• Occasional travel as needed to perform the job function

What You Will Bring to Coupa

• Has a degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 10+ years professional experience, some of which is in an enterprise SaaS organization
• Is an expert in Firewall, VPN, IDS/IPS, DNS, BGP, and Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) network constructs
• Has operated in both data center and cloud environments and has deployed both physical network and security devices as well as cloud networking solutions such as web application firewalls
• Can code using Python, Java, Ruby or equivalent languages
• Is familiar with deploying cloud network infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation or has experience with Chef & Ansible
• Is confident in their ability to own and deliver projects and issues to resolution
• Has a passion for excellence, is a natural problem solver, and a critical thinker. You should enjoy digging deep to understand issues and like solving hard problems
• Has a solid understanding of networking systems and protocols, particularly as they pertain to a public cloud environment
• Wants to work in a collaborative and supportive work environment
• DNS and Mail hosting experience from a provider perspective
• Security and certificate management knowledge
• Relevant operating system, networking and cloud certifications

Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.

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