Cloud Network Engineer

NexTech Solutions LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NexTech Solutions LLC in Tampa, FL seeks a Cloud Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure network infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments. The role emphasizes connectivity, performance, and security, and requires citizenship for a U.S. government contract.

The candidate will collaborate with cloud platform, security, and cyber engineering teams to sustain resilient architectures, manage VPNs, firewalls, and segmentation, and document topology and changes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 9 years of relevant experience in cloud platform engineering or related IT fields.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Cloud technologies, including Azure AD Premium and Office 365; hands-on with Azure services (Key Vault, Redis Cache, Service Bus, NSGs, Application Insights, SQL DB, OMS).
• Experience designing and supporting ADFS identity solutions and managing Azure cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain network infrastructure across cloud-based and hybrid environments.
• Manage routing, switching, VPN, and network security configurations.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and connectivity; troubleshoot issues to minimize disruptions.
• Collaborate with cloud platform, security, and cyber engineering teams to design resilient network architectures.
• Maintain accurate documentation of network topology, configurations, change history, and standards.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

Azure

Azure AD Premium

Office 365

PowerShell

CI/CD practices

Jenkins

TFS

ADFS identity solutions

Education

Master's degree credit

PhD credit

Certifications credit

Tools

Jenkins

TFS

PowerShell

Job description

• Location Hillsborough County,Tampa, FL, 33611,United States
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Travel 10%

The Opportunity

NTS is seeking a Cloud Network Engineer who will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, reliable network infrastructure across cloud-based and hybrid environments. This role focuses on ensuring network connectivity, performance, security, and segmentation while collaborating with cloud platform, security, and cyber engineering teams to support resilient network architectures.

U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to the requirements of the supporting U.S. government contract.

Key Responsibilities (Principal Duties and Accountabilities *Essential Functions)

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain network infrastructure across cloud-based and hybrid environments.
• Manage routing, switching, VPN, and network security configurations to ensure secure and reliable connectivity.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and connectivity to identify and resolve potential issues.
• Troubleshoot network connectivity, latency, routing, and performance issues to minimize disruptions.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize firewall rules, routing policies, and VPN connections.
• Implement and enforce network segmentation, access controls, and traffic management policies to maintain a secure network environment.
• Collaborate with cloud platform, security, and cyber engineering teams to design and maintain resilient network architectures.
• Support network-related incident response activities, including troubleshooting, investigation, and remediation.
• Implement and support secure network configuration changes while minimizing operational impact.
• Maintain accurate documentation of network topology, configurations, change history, and established standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve network reliability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure cloud network infrastructure remains secure, reliable, and aligned with organizational requirements and best practices.

Education

• A Master's degree may count for up to 2 years of experience, and a PhD may count for up to 4 years. Up to 1 additional year of credit may be applied for relevant certifications.

Required Skills, Experience & Abilities

• Minimum of 9 years of relevant experience in cloud platform engineering or related IT fields.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Cloud technologies, including Azure AD Premium and office 365. Hands-on experience with Azure services such as Key Vault, Redis Cache, Service Bus, NSGs, Application Insights, SQL DB, and OMS.
• Must be capable of designing and supporting ADFS identity solutions and managing Azure cloud environments.
• Experience with hybrid cloud deployments and migrations to Azure. Familiarity with CI/CD practices using tools like Jenkins, TFS, and PowerShell.
• Ability to provide second-level support for compute, network and storage issues in Azure and AWS environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification highly desired.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex issues in hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong background in cloud security, and compliance training.

Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• This position is performed on site in Tampa, Florida
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, which may include extended periods of standing, walking, or navigating airports and government facilities.

Equal Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. NTS will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws for employment.
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