Cloud Network Engineer

Socket.dev; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Job summary

GuideWell is migrating its infrastructure to AWS, rebuilding its disaster recovery posture, and designing a scalable cloud network foundation. The Cloud Network Engineer will own VPC architectures, multi-region transit strategies, and hybrid connectivity including Direct Connect and VPN.

Responsibilities span legacy routing to Terraform-based deployments, with a focus on secure, segmented networks and robust DR testing across regions and colocation providers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of networking experience required.
• 4+ years managing hybrid cloud/on-premises network infrastructure.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Strong routing fundamentals, including BGP in hybrid environments.
• Hands-on AWS/Azure networking experience.
• Firewall and network security policy management experience.
• Experience supporting production cutovers under change control.
• Troubleshooting across TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, and routing.
• Colocation and carrier circuit experience with cross connects and diverse paths.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate VPC architecture, address space allocation, and routing across a multi-account AWS environment.
• Build and run the transit layer using Transit Gateway or Cloud WAN.
• Design and operate hybrid connectivity, including Direct Connect and site-to-site VPN.
• Build and operate connectivity between AWS partitions and to secondary cloud platforms.
• Own cloud DNS, including Route 53, resolver rules, and hybrid name resolution.
• Support trading partner and vendor connectivity, including EDI and clearinghouse tunnels.
• Implement network segmentation separating regulated workloads under security-approved policy.
• Configure and operate cloud firewalls, inspection paths, egress controls, and load balancing.
• Design the multi-region network model supporting disaster recovery and validate failover through testing.
• Design and manage colocation and carrier connectivity, including circuit diversity and provider management.
• Plan and execute network cutovers during migration waves, including rollback.
• Deliver network configuration through Terraform.
• Build network monitoring and capacity visibility; feed telemetry to security operations.
• Maintain topology documentation and escalation for network incidents.

Skills

Networking experience

Hybrid cloud networking

BGP fundamentals

AWS/Azure networking

Network security policy

Change control

TCP/IP/DNS troubleshooting

Colocation and carrier circuits

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Direct Connect

Route 53

Transit Gateway

Terraform

VPNs

Job description

GuideWell is migrating its infrastructure to AWS, exiting data center capacity, and rebuilding its disaster recovery posture. The Cloud Network Engineer designs the cloud network foundation, runs the hybrid connectivity that keeps workloads reachable through the transition, and designs the multi-region and colocation connectivity that DR depends on. This is a hands-on role covering both sides of the migration, from carrier circuits and legacy routing to VPC design and transit architecture.

What You Will Be Doing

• Design and operate VPC architecture, address space allocation, and routing across a multi-account AWS environment.
• Build and run the transit layer using Transit Gateway or Cloud WAN.
• Design and operate hybrid connectivity, including Direct Connect and site-to-site VPN.
• Build and operate connectivity between AWS partitions and to secondary cloud platforms.
• Own cloud DNS, including Route 53, resolver rules, and hybrid name resolution.
• Support trading partner and vendor connectivity, including EDI and clearinghouse tunnels.
• Implement network segmentation separating regulated workloads, under security-approved policy.
• Configure and operate cloud firewalls, inspection paths, egress controls, and load balancing.
• Design the multi-region network model supporting disaster recovery, and validate failover through testing.
• Design and manage colocation and carrier connectivity, including circuit diversity and provider management.
• Plan and execute network cutovers during migration waves, including rollback.
• Deliver network configuration through Terraform.
• Build network monitoring and capacity visibility. Feed network telemetry to security operations.
• Maintain topology documentation and serve as escalation for network incidents.

What We Require

• 8+ years related work experience in networking
• 4+ years managing hybrid cloud/on-premises network infrastructure
• Related Bachelor's degree required
• Strong routing fundamentals, including BGP in hybrid environments.
• Hands-on AWS/Azure networking: foundational networking, hub-and-spoke, hybrid connectivity
• Firewall and network security policy experience.
• Experience supporting production cutovers under change control.
• Troubleshooting across TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, and routing.
• Colocation and carrier circuit experience: cross connects, diverse path design, provider management.

What We Prefer

• Healthcare payer experience, including partner and EDI connectivity.
• Multi-region or multi-site network design supporting disaster recovery, including failover testing.
• AWS GovCloud networking, including cross-partition routing and DNS.
• Networking across two or more major cloud platforms, including connectivity between them. Which platform was primary does not matter.
• Terraform or equivalent infrastructure as code.
• Data center migration, exit, or secondary site standup experience.
• Palo Alto or Fortinet firewalls in cloud.
• AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, CCNP, or CCIE.

General Physical Demands

• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.

• Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

• This position offers a hybrid work arrangement which combines flexibility with in office engagement. Team schedules are determined based on role requirements and business needs. Travel to and from our corporate offices may be required.

What We Offer

As a Florida Blue employee, you will be at the heart of GuideWell’s vision – to lead the nation in transforming health through compassionate, connected, and technology-enabled care that delivers personalized value and empowered living.
To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance
• Income protection benefits: life insurance, short- and long-term disability programs
• Leave programs to support personal circumstances
• Retirement Savings Plan including employer match
• Paid time off, volunteer time off, 10 holidays and 2 well-being days
• Additional voluntary benefits available; and a comprehensive wellness program

Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.
To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Typical Annualized Offer/Hiring Range:

$130,000 - $162,500
Annualized Salary Range: $130,000 - $211,300
Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to cultivating a work experience where everyone feels like they belong and can perform at their best in pursuit of our mission. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.