Networking & Platform - Lead Networking & Platform engineer

Lead Cloud-Native Networking & Platform Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Lead Cloud-Native Networking & Platform Engineer to drive architecture, design, and delivery of cloud-native networking capabilities across our modern platform infrastructure. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on expertise in cloud networking (AWS/Azure), CNI plugin internals, SR-IOV, SDN controllers, and virtualization networking technologies (OVS, NSX), with the ability to lead cross-functional engineering efforts. Responsibilities:

• Architect and lead implementation of cloud-native networking components across AWS/Azure environments, including VPC architectures, routing, load balancing, security groups, and service networking.
• Work with CNI plugins, SR-IOV.
• Define and implement network virtualization strategies using OVS, OVS-DPDK, VMware NSX, or cloud-native overlay networks.
• Work with SDN controllers to manage dynamic network provisioning, micro-segmentation, and service mesh / policy automation.
• Lead performance benchmarking, network observability, packet tracing, and troubleshooting efforts across multi-cloud environments.
• Collaborate with platform, SRE, DevOps, security, and application teams to ensure networking reliability, security, and scalability.
• Guide the adoption of CI/CD processes for cloud-network infrastructure, ensuring repeatability and compliance.
• Document architectures, design decisions, operational guides, and standards for cloud networking.
• Mentor a team of cloud/networking engineers and provide technical leadership during design reviews and incident analysis.

Qualifications: Education:

• BE/ME in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, MCS.

Experience:

• 6–8 years of experience in cloud networking, cloud-native platforms, virtualization networking, or distributed systems architecture.

Professional Qualities:

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in highly complex distributed networking environments.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering and product teams.
• Ability to take full ownership of cross-functional networking initiatives.
• Self-driven, detail-oriented, and passionate about cloud-native technologies and emerging networking paradigms.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

• AWS/Azure networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute, routing/firewalling)
• CNI frameworks (Calico, Cilium, Amazon VPC CNI, Azure CNI)
• SR-IOV and enhanced networking drivers in cloud platforms
• Experience with SDN controllers, policy engines, and programmable networking
• Virtualization networking: OVS, OVS-DPDK, NSX, VXLAN/GRE overlays
• Strong understanding of cloud routing, overlay networks, NAT, VPNs, peering, and traffic engineering

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Kubernetes, OpenShift, and container networking internals
• Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, Helm charts
• Experience with service mesh (Istio/Cilium Mesh/Linkerd)
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows for infrastructure automation
• Knowledge of distributed tracing and cloud observability (X-Ray, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus)

Preferred Domain Experience:

• Satellite/teleports or other constrained/managed WAN environments.
• Experience with high-latency/variable-bandwidth links and Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEPs) (e.g. TCP acceleration/spoofing, header/data compression).