Lead Cloud Engineer

Role Title: Lead Cloud Engineer

Location: Hybrid Onsite - Alpharetta GA (3-4 days onsite expected)

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Cloud Testing Engineer with deep expertise in IPv6 networking and hands-on experience across public cloud infrastructures (AWS Azure GCP). The ideal candidate will design and implement test strategies develop lab testing frameworks and validate IPv6 and dual-stack networking in cloud-native and enterprise environments. This role involves close collaboration with architecture teams and business units to ensure compliance with IPv6 readiness standards and optimize network security and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and execute test strategies for IPv6 validation across multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures.
• Develop test automation frameworks using Terraform Ansible and CloudFormation.
• Build and manage lab environments for hardware/software certification and PoCs.
• Validate network DMZ designs certify underlying hardware/software features and enhance network security posture.
• Perform data gathering and analytics for test results and prepare deployment templates.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware/software issues and provide solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (cloud compute security telemetry desktop engineering) and senior management.
• Provide escalation support to network operations for bug validation and vulnerability assessments.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in LAN/WAN network design engineering and feature testing/certification.
• CCIE/CCNP certification or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Azure and GCP networking:

VPC IPv6 addressing Internet Gateway Transit Gateway Direct Connect Route 53

• Azure: VNet IPv6 Load Balancer ExpressRoute NSGs Network Watcher

GCP: Cloud Routers IPv6 Access NAT64 Interconnect VPC Flow Logs

• 3 years of IPv6 networking and validation experience.
• Strong knowledge of routing and switching (Cisco IOS-XE/XR/NXOS) TCP/IP BGP OSPF MP-BGP MPLS VPNs VXLAN Multicast.
• Experience with DMVPN IPSec and encryption standards.
• Familiarity with Python network programming (preferred).
• Experience with job scheduling tools and Agile methodologies.

Desired Skills:

• Certifications in AWS Advanced Networking Azure Network Engineer or GCP Cloud Network Engineer.
• Experience with network security hardening and best practices.
• Knowledge of test-driven development and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder engagement.
• LAN/WAN Network design
• CCIE/CCNP
• AWS Azure and GCP networking
• IPv6 networking
• Routing Switching Encryption