Senior Cloud Network Architect: AWS Hybrid & DR

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, 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.