PayPal Senior Cloud Network Engineer 

United States, Arizona, Scottsdale 

846878509

This job oversees hybrid Multi-cloud networking infrastructure, load balancers, and the global backbone. It handles outages, leads network design, supports system availability, deploys equipment, implements best practices, offers on-call support, manages global teams, communicates incident impacts, and creates documentation.

Essential 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.

Expected Qualifications:

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualification:

• Proficiency with leading public cloud providers’ network services -AWS is a must, and experience with GCP & Azure is desirable.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of cloud network engineeringprinciples.
• 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).
• Strong experience with cloud native load balancers, ALB, API Gateway, PrivateLink and Private Service Connect (PSC) for secure and scalable serviceexposure.
• 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.
• Configure, deploy, and manage load balancers such as F5, HAProxy, to ensure seamless application delivery and security in a public cloud environment.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python for network automation.
• 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.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Bonus Points:

• 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.

Our Benefits:

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