PayPal · 6 hours ago
Senior Cloud Network Engineer
Scottsdale, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expPayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for over 25 years, providing innovative payment solutions for consumers and businesses. The Senior Cloud Network Engineer will oversee hybrid Multi-cloud networking infrastructure, manage outages, lead network design, and ensure system availability while supporting global teams.
E-Commerce PlatformsFinTechMobile PaymentsTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Oversee load balancers, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) equipment, Content Delivery Network (CDN) platforms, and troubleshoot client/server issues
Handle proactive and reactive outages, work with vendors, and take ownership of network incidents, escalations, and root cause analysis
Lead backbone network design and architecture for on-premises and public cloud migration, and build hybrid connectivity solutions
Work with business unit leadership, product managers, and customers to develop project objectives, timelines, and feature requirements
Support network system availability, manage network capacity, and ensure compliance with Information Security standards
Deploy equipment, manage SSL certificate hosting and renewal, and build infrastructure for data centers and cloud environments
Implement and continually improve operational procedures, systems, and network engineering best practices
Offer on-call support, monitor infrastructure and hosted services, and troubleshoot complex issues
Manage and influence global teams, provide guidance and support, and mentor team members in areas of expertise
Communicate incident impacts, risks, and mitigation plans to executives, document incident information, and create network engineering documentation and best practices
Qualification
Required
3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
Proficiency with leading public cloud providers network services -AWS and GCP is a must, and experience with Azure is desirable
Deep hands-on experience with Terraform for network automation, infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud resource lifecycle management
Strong experience with open-source load balancers, especially HAProxy, including configuration, tuning, observability, and deployment automation
Experience with Kubernetes networking, including Ingress, Service Mesh, CNI plugins
Deep hands-on expertise in cloud networking: VPC Network, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect Gateway, Interconnect, Cloud Router, VPN, and firewall rules (Security Groups, GCP Firewall)
PrivateLink and Private Service Connect (PSC) for secure and scalable service exposure
Use Infrastructure as Code processes to automate and maintain infrastructure consistency, scalability, and up-to-date configurations
Implement and manage network security controls using Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls, VPNs, etc in public Cloud environments
Strong understanding of networking protocols and technologies, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DNS, VPN
Utilize network monitoring tools (e.g. LogicMonitor, Datadog, AWS Cloudwatch, Splunk, Catchpoint, Nagios, etc.) to proactively identify and resolve network issues
Implement network changes following established change management procedures, minimizing risk and ensuring minimal impact to production services
Participate in incident management processes, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
Adhere to security policies, procedures, and best practices, ensuring the network infrastructure meets all compliance requirements
Implement and continually improve operational procedures, systems, and network engineering best practices
Provide Tier 2 support for network incidents impacting our production systems, ensuring timely resolution and minimal disruption to service. This includes on-call rotation responsibilities
Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Preferred
Relevant AWS and/or GCP Networking certifications
Foundational networking certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, JNCIS)
Experience with container networking (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
Experience with penetration testing and vulnerability assessments and remediation
Experience in the financial services industry
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Contributions to open-source networking projects
Benefits
Flexible work environment
Employee shares options
Health and life insurance
Company
PayPal
PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$12.17BKey Investors
Kohlberg Kravis RobertsBlueRun Ventures
2025-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $6.95B
2023-06-07Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2015-07-20IPO
Leadership Team
Simon Bladon
CEO, UK
chaloem khompitoon
President & CEO
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