Cloud Network Architect

Mode of Employment – ICON

Experience -13+

Shift Timings – US shifts including night

Start Date -Immediate

Location – Bangalore  (work from office)

Budget –Keep it open

Key Skills Required :

• Experience in Cloud Networking.
• Background in Networking technologies.
• Proficiency in VPCs / VNETs / Cloud network solutions / firewalls.
• Experience with SDWAN integrations.
• Multi-cloud solutions involving 2-3 cloud backbones.
• Developed automation using Terraform or third-party tools for auto networking provisions.

Key Responsibilities :

Required Qualifications :

Please share the candidate details in this Format

Skill Category

Specific Skills

Required Proficiency

Must-Have

Notes

Multi-Cloud Networking

Design and implementation across Azure, AWS, and GCP (At Least Two Cloud knowledge)

Expert

✅ Yes

Must be able to build unified cloud network architecture

Hybrid connectivity (On-prem to Cloud, Inter-cloud)

Expert

✅ Yes

Includes VPNs, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Interconnect

Routing (BGP, OSPF, Static) within and across clouds

Advanced

✅ Yes

Routing convergence, failover, redundancy

Unified Cloud Network Management Strategy

Advanced

✅ Yes

Should propose centralized control & observability strategy

Cloud-Specific Networking

Azure Virtual WAN, VNet Peering, UDRs, NSGs, ER, Azure Firewall

Advanced

✅ Yes

Deep Azure experience is critical

AWS VPC, TGW, NACLs, Route Tables, VPN, PrivateLink, Direct Connect

Advanced

✅ Yes

Deep AWS networking exposure needed

GCP VPC, Shared VPC, Cloud Interconnect, VPN, Routes, Firewall rules

Intermediate+

✅ Yes

Should be confident in GCP networking stack

Security Integration

Integration of Firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Azure / AWS / GCP Native Firewalls)

Advanced

✅ Yes

End-to-end security in design

Zero Trust, segmentation, cloud-native security posture

Intermediate

✅ Yes

Strong security foundation essential

Automation & IaC

Terraform (multi-cloud templates)

Intermediate

✅ Yes

Ability to automate infra-as-code across clouds on Intermediate level

CloudFormation (AWS), ARM / Bicep (Azure), Deployment Manager (GCP)

Intermediate

✅ Yes

Must understand each cloud's IaC tools

Monitoring & Optimization

Integration with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Operations Suite

Intermediate

✅ Yes

Observability and optimization skills needed

Cost optimization for cloud networking

Intermediate

✅ Yes

Experience in optimizing cross-cloud data transfer & interconnect cost

Consulting & Leadership

Client engagement, requirement gathering, roadmap creation

Expert

✅ Yes

Should work as consultant and tech advisor

Cloud strategy advisory and stakeholder communication

Advanced

✅ Yes

Must interact with C-levels, architects, and cloud teams

Team mentorship & governance

Advanced

Optional

Nice to have in leadership roles

Certifications

Azure Network Engineer Associate / Architect Expert

Recommended to have one of Certification

Skill Category

Skills Required

Terraform, Cloud networking, Python, Networking Technologies, Cloudformation, Powershell, Bash, Bgp, Ansible, Firewalls