PayPal Senior Cloud Network Engineer 

France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 

988651590

What you need to know about the role

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, plan, and implement cloud network solutions tailored to organizational needs,featuring hybrid connectivity between on-premises and public clouds.
• Handle proactive and reactive outages, work with vendors, and take ownership of network incidents, escalations, and root cause analysis.
• Employ automation for the consistent deployment and scaling of cloud network solutions.
• Lead backbone network design and architecture for on-premises and public cloud migration, and build hybrid connectivity solutions.
• Oversee load balancers, network security policies & controls on the firewall, and troubleshoot client/server issues.
• 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.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize of the organization's network and security infrastructure to ensure high performance and reliability.
• Use Infrastructure as Code processes to automate and maintain infrastructure consistency, scalability, and up-to-date configurations.
• Proficiency with leading public cloud providers’ network services -GCP is a must, and experience with AWS & Azure is desirable.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of cloud network engineeringprinciples.
• Deep hands-on expertise in cloud networking: VPC, Interconnect, Direct Connect, Cloud Router, Transit Gateway, VPN, and firewall rules (Security Groups, GCP Firewall).
• Strong experience with cloud native load balancers, API Gateway, Private Service Connect (PSC), and PrivateLink for secure and scalable serviceexposure.
• Implement and manage network security controls using Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls, VPNs, etc.
• Configure, deploy, and manage load balancers such as F5 Local Traffic Managers (LTMs) and Advanced Security Modules (ASMs), as well as 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, 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 (e.g. Enterprise Information Security standards, PCI DSS, etc.).
• 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.
• Experience with network security best practices and technologies (e.g. firewalls, load balancers, intrusion detection/prevention systems, etc.).
• 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 GCP and/or AWS 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.

Travel Percent:

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit .

The US national annual pay range for this role is $123,500 to $212,850

Our Benefits:

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