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The Select Group · 4 days ago

Principal Public Cloud Network Engineer

Englewood, CO

Contract

Onsite

Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

The Select Group is seeking a Principal Public Cloud Network Engineer to design, build, and optimize mission-critical cloud network infrastructure. This role involves partnering with DevOps, platform, and security teams to deliver scalable, automated, and secure network connectivity across AWS and GCP environments.

DeliveryHuman Resources

No H1B

Responsibilities

Engineer, deploy, and maintain public cloud networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, NLB/ALB)

Design and operate hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect, VPN, SD-WAN)

Implement segmentation, routing, DNS, and traffic-management for high-availability workloads

Build automation for network provisioning using Terraform/CloudFormation

Monitor and troubleshoot performance, latency, and packet flow

Implement network logging, inspection, and observability

Partner with security teams to deliver zero-trust and identity-aware network designs

Support Kubernetes networking (EKS, CNI, service mesh)

Learn and apply GCP networking architectures to support multi-cloud expansion

Mentor junior engineers and set network best practices

Lead cloud networking initiatives and CI/CD automation

Provide senior-level troubleshooting and escalation support

Support development and production environments in AWS

Communicate performance metrics, risk areas, and network readiness across teams

Qualification

AWS cloud networkingTerraform/CloudFormationLinux networkingGCP networkingNetwork security toolingScripting (Python)Git-based network-as-codeSD-WAN designService meshes