Network Engineer III

New American Funding; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

New American Funding is seeking a Network Engineer III to join the onsite Santa Ana team. The role focuses on Azure cloud networking and maintaining secure, reliable network connectivity across cloud and on‑premises environments.

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Azure networking, IAM, and vendor services, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative setting. This position is onsite in Santa Ana, CA with a strong emphasis on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in network engineering roles.
• 5+ years of experience troubleshooting Azure networking core services such as Express

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and automate cloud and on‑premises network deployment in Azure.
• Configure and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls in cloud and on‑premises environments.
• Manage cloud-to-cloud connectivity using Alkira and onboard services.
• Understand network cloud services on Azure and troubleshoot connectivity between cloud services.
• Create VNets, peering, subnets, and private endpoints with IaC collaboration.
• Support cloud DR services and regional reachability in Azure.
• Maintain express routes and gateways; monitor updates from Microsoft affecting cloud networking.
• Collaborate with cloud and network teams to onboard new cloud services.
• Serve as primary contact for offshore teams and assist with cloud networking issues.
• Escalate as needed for hybrid network teams and ensure services are delivered correctly.
• Develop and document standardized cloud network environments and diagrams.

Skills

Network engineering

Azure networking

Tools

Palo Alto

Job description

Overview

Position

Network Engineer III

Location

Santa Ana, CA - onsite role. **Not a remote opportunity**

Pacific Standard Time hours

Compensation

starting at $120,000/yr+ DOE

• Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level.

Position Summary

New American Funding is well along the way with its journey to the cloud. This role will focus mainly on Azure cloud network.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter and a change agent with strong experience in cloud technologies. Must have solid experience with cloud network as well as working with IaaS, SaaS and PaaS vendors services to deliver successful implementations and integrations. Must have strong communication and a team player and can work independently to resolve day-to-day cloud network related tickets.

Disclaimer: Identity Verification checks are in place throughout the Candidate journey to prevent candidate fraud.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, troubleshoot, automate cloud and on-premises network deployment within cloud hosted environments (mainly Azure).
• Configure and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls on the cloud and strong security skills to trace and troubleshoot cloud and on-premises services.
• Configure and troubleshoot cloud to cloud connectivity using Alkira and maintain services onboarding and troubleshooting.
• Full understanding of how network cloud services work on Azure and solid knowledge in tracing and troubleshoot services and network connectivity between cloud services and through express routes.
• Create virtual networks, peering, subnets, private endpoint and working closely with IaC and cloud team to integrate service on the cloud.
• Support and troubleshoot cloud DR services on Azure and stretch reachability to different regions when needed.
• Maintain express routes, express gateways, VPN gateways and stay up to date with new updates from Microsoft that would impact on cloud networking.
• Collaborate with cloud and network team to support current services or onboard new services on the cloud.
• Primary point of contact for offshore teams and assist in troubleshooting their cloud network and network security related issues.
• Escalation point of contact for hybrid network team for anything related to cloud networking.
• Actively monitor of cloud networking components and work with cloud vendors to ensure services and networking delivered properly.
• Develop, implement, and create a standardized environment for all cloud network services.
• Create documentation, update spreadsheets and network diagrams to reflect all new changes or new deployment on the cloud.
• Being available 24/7 and support hybrid cloud network team services.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in network engineering roles.
• 5+ years of experience in troubleshooting Azure networking core services such as express