Senior Cloud Network Engineer; US Remote

Position: Senior Cloud Network Engineer (US Remote) Job Title: Senior Cloud Network Engineer Location: United States remote Job Type: Full-Time At First Advantage (Nasdaq: FA), people are at the heart of everything we do. From our customers and partners to our greatest advantage — our team members. Operating with empathy and compassion, First Advantage fosters a global inclusive workforce devoted to the diverse voices that make up our talent and products. Our team members empower each other to be their authentic selves and treat all with respect, integrity, and fairness. Say hello to a rewarding career, and come join a leading provider of mission‑critical background screening solutions to some of the most recognized Fortune 100 and Global 500 brands. Job Description: The Sr. Cloud Network Engineer’s role is to assist in the planning, coordination, design, installation, configuration and connectivity of network systems and cloud-based services to ensure the stable operation of FA multi‑cloud data networks. The Sr. Network Engineer will also resolve FA network incidents in a timely and accurate fashion in a 24x7x365 day operational environment. Key Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Planning
• Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure network capacity and network security meets existing and future requirements.
• Develop and deploy methodologies for testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.
• Define, evolve and contribute best practices for installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting network-based infrastructure, primarily within AWS network and network security boundaries.
• Design centralized cloud connectivity patterns to ensure a consistent network and security access policy is achieved.
• Collaborate with network, security, engineering, cloud, and automation teams on implementing latest features of AWS.
• Operational Management
• Manage and ensure optimal operation of all network deployments including VPC, transit gateways, routing, remote VPN, Direct Connect and Security Appliances.
• Manage and ensure effectiveness of cloud‑based customer facing network systems as well as CSP to CSP connectivity and CSP to on‑premises connectivity.
• Approve and administer user accounts, permissions, and access rights as it pertains to network devices and technologies.

What You Should Bring:

• Formal Education & Certification
• Four-year university degree or college diploma in the field of computer science and/or 7+ years equivalent work experience.
• Azure Administrator Associate or AWS Solutions Architect certification a plus
• Knowledge & Experience (Required)
• 7-10+ years' experience managing and configuring multi-cloud networks
• Excellent understanding of large interconnected networks, including IP overlap, static routing protocols
• Experience with Palo Alto NGFW, Cloud NGFW, Panorama and Stata Cloud logging.
• Experience with engineering, operating and administrating networking in Public Cloud architectures (Azure/AWS).
• Understanding of orchestration and automation methodologies pertaining to AWS (Cloud Formation), Azure (ARM and BICEP), or Terraform.
• Proficient at developing in any of the following:

JavaScript, Python, Java, .NET, or similar languages.

• Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts, data processing concepts, and telecommunications principles.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Knowledge & Experience (Nice to Have)
• Understanding of CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery) software development principles and use of Visual Studio and GIT.
• Global network experience working with staff and vendors in other time zones and countries.
• Experience with multi-cloud fabric exchanges
• Experience with Zscaler Private Access
• Attributes:
• For compliance reasons, all personnel must be United States Citizens and have, for 3 of the past 5 years, resided in the United States OR worked for the United States overseas in a federal or military capacity OR be a dependent of a federal or military employee serving overseas. In addition to our standard pre‑employment background check and drug screen, you will be required to undergo additional checks to obtain an LAR certification via the proper channels in…

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