Senior Data Center & Hybrid Cloud Networking Engineer

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach; Seal Beach (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach seeks a Senior Data Center & Cloud Network Engineer to design, implement, and secure our hybrid data center and Azure cloud networks. You will drive networking modernization, runbooks, and documentation across data centers, offices, and cloud environments.

The role requires deep hands-on experience with data center and cloud networking, plus strong security focus and network automation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years in enterprise network engineering and administration.
• Certifications in networking or cloud preferred (e.g., CCNP/CCIE, Azure Network Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise data center, core network, and cloud network infrastructure.
• Engineer resilient routing, switching, segmentation, and redundancy for business continuity.
• Configure and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, VLANs, NAT, DNS, DHCP, VPN.
• Support connectivity across data centers, offices, and colocation facilities.
• Design and manage Microsoft Azure networking services (VNets, subnets, peering, NSGs, Private Link/Endpoints, Private DNS).
• Architect hybrid cloud networking using ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Hub-and-Spoke, Azure Virtual WAN.
• Manage Azure security services (Azure Firewall, WAF, AKS, PaaS networking).
• Oversee WAN (MPLS/Internet/VPN) with SD-WAN and SASE exploration.
• Configure next-generation firewalls for secure segmentation and Zero Trust.
• Collaborate with Security to enforce policies, threat prevention, and compliance.
• Administer DNS, DHCP, IPAM, load balancing, and application delivery.
• Develop network automation with Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, APIs, Git, IaC.
• Implement monitoring, telemetry, and capacity planning for reliability.
• Participate in incident response and disaster recovery testing.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, standards, and documentation.
• Lead modernization initiatives and cross-team projects.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Data center technologies

Cloud networking

Cybersecurity

Network automation

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Ansible

IaC

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

VPN technologies

Hybrid cloud

Azure networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

7+ years enterprise network engineering experience

Relevant certifications (CCNP/CCIE/Azure Network Engineer/Azure Solutions Architect)

Tools

Azure Virtual Network (VNet)

Azure ExpressRoute

Azure Firewall

AKS

Infoblox/F5 or equivalents

Job description

Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach seeks a Senior Data Center & Cloud Network Engineer to design, implement, and secure our hybrid data center and Azure cloud networks. You will drive networking modernization, runbooks, and documentation across data centers, offices, and cloud environments.

The role requires deep hands-on experience with data center and cloud networking, plus strong security focus and network automation skills.