Cloud Network Engineer - CTJ - Poly
Overview:
In this role you design, build, and automate mission-critical cloud network infrastructure that enables secure data transmission across isolated environments. You'll work on a diverse set of technologies, from Layer 2/3 operations to automation and large-scale distributed systems, supporting Azure workloads in highly secure contexts. You will contribute across architecture, deployment, operations, incident response, and continuous improvement, helping ensure security, compliance, and availability. This is a chance to influence critical Microsoft environments and partner with cross-functional engineers to deliver reliable, scalable networking at scale.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable infrastructure to improve reliability and performance through automation
- Troubleshoot complex live-site network issues using deep protocol knowledge and telemetry
- Lead automation-driven remediation to reduce customer impact and drive engineering improvements
- Participate in on-call rotations and mentor other engineers
- Contribute to incident response with thorough root cause analysis and postmortems
- Analyze historical data to identify trends and prioritize long-term improvements
- Design, deploy, and operate Layer 2/Layer 3 networking technologies (switching, routing, BGP, VXLAN/EVPN)
- Collaborate with partner teams to develop scalable, high-performance network architectures
- Create technical designs, deployment procedures, and validation strategies independently
- Develop and maintain automation for network deployment, monitoring, and operational workflows
- Promote operational excellence through documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
- Align with Microsoft culture and values
Key requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 2+ years in network design, development, and automation
- Or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 1+ year in network design, development, and automation
- Equivalent experience in lieu of degrees
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access (SSBI with Polygraph)
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and government security screening requirementsleadership and mentoring abilitiesstrong communication of complex decisionscustomer impact focus
- Layer 2/Layer 3 networking fundamentals (VLANs, spanning tree, routing, BGP)VXLAN/EVPN, VRFs, network segmentation802.1X/IBNS, OOB management networks