Network Terraform L3 Engineer
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Work from Office : 3 Days a week
Client is looking for a hands-on Network DevOps Contractor. The primary objective is to execute network automation tasks across our multi-cloud footprint (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and OCI). You will join the Network Infrastructure Services team to build, deploy, and maintain standardized network modules, ensuring our environment stays agile and secure.
Scope of Work
- IaC Execution: Develop and maintain Terraform modules to provision multi-cloud network resources (Transit Gateways, VNET Peering, Cloud Routers, and Load Balancers).
- Automated Provisioning: Build and troubleshoot Python scripts to automate routine network operations (IPAM updates, DNS record management, and Firewall policy deployments).
- Multi-Cloud Connectivity: Standardize cross-cloud connectivity between AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, and OCI using native cloud tools and VPN/Direct Connect configurations.
- Pipeline Support: Manage and fix CI/CD deployment pipelines (GitHub Actions) for network infrastructure to ensure "clean" code merges and successful deployments.
- Day-to-Day Ops: Respond to internal infrastructure requests for VPC/VNET modifications, ensuring all changes follow Client’s’s "Network-as-Code" standards.
Technical Skills Required
• Experience: 9+ years in Network DevOps or Cloud Networking.
• Cloud Environments: Hands-on experience configuring any of the below:
AWS: VPC, Security Groups, Transit Gateway, Route53.
Azure: VNET, NSG, Virtual WAN.
Google Cloud Platform/OCI: Basic networking constructs (VCN, DRG, Shared VPC).
• The Toolkit:
Terraform: Intermediate to Advanced (must understand state management and multi-provider blocks).
Python: Strong scripting skills for API interaction (boto3, requests, etc.).
Git: Daily proficiency with GitHub (PRs, branching, resolving merge conflicts).
• Networking Foundations: Solid understanding of BGP, routing tables, and firewalling (Palo Alto).