Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Lead the Way to Intelligent Banking with Us!

You might not think about what happens behind the scenes when you check your bank balance or deposit a check from your phone but we do. Every day.

Kinective empowers banks and credit unions to move beyond keeping up with technology to shaping the future of banking. Our platform seamlessly connects the right tools delivers real-time data and drives smarter operations for more than 4000 financial institutions nationwide. We are a fast-growing team built on individual ownership company-wide collaboration and setting industry-leading standards. Here new ideas are encouraged candid feedback is welcomed and your growth truly matters as much as the companys. At Kinective we are leading the way to intelligent banking together and enjoying the journey along the way.

Why This Role Matters

Every role at Kinective exists to move the needle for our clients partners and the financial institutions we serve. We are looking for a Senior Cloud Network Engineer at Kinective to own and evolve the networking backbone that powers our products and connects us to our customers. This is a product-facing role not internal IT. You will design build and operate the cloud and customer-facing network infrastructure that directly impacts product reliability security posture and compliance standing.

You will work primarily across AWS with supporting Azure environments manage VPN tunnel infrastructure for client connectivity and play an active role in SOC 2 and PCI DSS audit readiness and evidence collection. This role requires someone who thinks in systems communicates clearly across engineering security and customer teams and takes ownership end-to-end. Everything we build is delivered as code no click-ops in production.

What youll own

Cloud & Product Networking

• Design and operate network architectures across AWS (primary) and Azure including VPCs VNets and Transit Gateways
• Enforce strict network segmentation between production and non-production environments separate VPCs/VNets distinct routing domains and explicit deny-by-default posture
• Manage routing peering and segmentation across multi-cloud environments to support product SLAs and security boundaries
• Maintain and optimize network performance availability and observability across cloud regions
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure engineering teams to integrate networking into CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows

Client VPN & Secure Connectivity

• Design provision and maintain IPsec and SSL/TLS VPN tunnels connecting product environments to enterprise clients
• Own the full lifecycle of client tunnel onboarding from technical scoping through cutover and steady-state support
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact during client network onboarding and connectivity incidents; lead customer-facing troubleshooting calls and produce written RCAs when client connectivity is impaired
• Troubleshoot and resolve tunnel stability latency and routing issues in coordination with client network teams including packet capture and side-by-side config review
• Maintain documentation for all client connectivity configurations including IP schemas tunnel parameters and escalation paths

Security & Compliance

• Support SOC 2 (Type II) and PCI DSS audit cycles collecting network evidence remediating findings and responding to auditor requests
• Implement and enforce network controls aligned to SOC 2 Common Criteria and PCI DSS network segmentation and firewall requirements
• Conduct periodic firewall rule reviews NACLs/security group audits and access control assessments
• Collaborate with the security team on threat modeling vulnerability remediation and incident response for network-layer events
• Maintain network diagrams and data flow documentation required for compliance scoping

Operations & Engineering Excellence

• All network infrastructure changes are delivered as code no console changes in production. Author and maintain reusable OpenTofu / Terraform modules for VPCs VNets TGW attachments VPN tunnels firewall rules and routing policy. Every change lands via peer-reviewed PR
• Track work changes and incidents in JIRA; contribute to clear ticket hygiene and change-management workflows
• Build and maintain monitoring alerting and runbooks for network health across environments
• Participate in on-call rotation for network-layer incidents; lead post-incident reviews for network events
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions and standards

Requirements

Necessary Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of hands-on network engineering experience in cloud-native or hybrid environments
• Deep expertise with AWS networking (VPC Transit Gateway Route 53 Security Groups NACLs Network Firewall)
• Cloud security & connectivity hands-on with AWS IAM (roles policies identity federation) SSM (Systems Manager Session Manager Parameter Store) GuardDuty and Security Hub
• Working knowledge of Azure networking (VNet Azure Firewall NSGs) we recognize deep expertise in both clouds is rare; strong AWS with willingness to grow in Azure (or vice versa) is acceptable
• Proven experience designing and operating IPsec/IKEv2 and SSL VPN tunnels with enterprise clients
• Solid understanding of BGP OSPF and routing policy in multi-cloud and hybrid contexts
• Hands-on experience with compliance programs SOC 2 and/or PCI DSS specifically network controls and audit evidence
• Experience authoring reusable OpenTofu or Terraform modules not just consuming them
• Strong TCP/IP fundamentals: subnetting DNS TLS NAT load balancing
• Hands-on packet-level troubleshooting Wireshark tcpdump mtr iperf dig
• Proficiency with AWS CLI Azure CLI Python Bash/PowerShell and Docker for automation tooling and troubleshooting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills comfortable running technical calls with customer network engineers

Preferred Skills

• Working understanding of modern AI tooling and hands-on experience with coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude ChatGPT) to accelerate module authoring troubleshooting and documentation
• Experience with network observability tooling (e.g. VPC Flow Logs Azure NSG Flow Logs Datadog Grafana Dynatrace)
• Familiarity with Nagios or similar network monitoring platforms
• Familiarity with zero trust network architecture (ZTNA) principles and implementation
• Familiarity with Cisco Meraki and IPS/IDS platforms
• DDoS protection and WAF experience AWS Shield/WAF or Azure Front Door/WAF
• Hybrid DNS design across Route 53 Azure Private DNS and on-prem resolvers
• Exposure to Kubernetes networking (CNI ingress controllers service mesh) in multi-cloud deployments
• Financial-services or regulated-industry background
• Relevant certifications: AWS Advanced Networking Specialty Azure Network Engineer Associate CCNP or equivalent
• Experience working within a CI/CD-driven infrastructure model (Harness GitHub Actions or similar)

Pay Benefits & Total Rewards

$160000$180000 with 10% bonus potential

The salary range listed reflects the minimum and maximum for this role. Individual compensation is based on experience qualifications job-related skills location and internal equity and most offers are not made at the top of the range.

Base pay is one part of Kinectives Total Rewards package. Depending on the role employees may also be eligible for bonuses commissions or equity. All employees have access to a competitive benefits package designed to support health well-being and financial security including:

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical dental vision prescriptions life & disability)
• Flexible PTO 11 company holidays and generous parental and caregiver leave
• An immediately vested 401(k) with company contributions
• Wellness resources and professional development opportunities

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Please note that this role does not currently offer sponsorship opportunities. Open to Colorado residents only.

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