Network Engineer with SRE || Phoenix, AZ || Locals Only || Hybrid

Role Summary

We are seeking a Network SRE to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of cloud and hybrid network platforms.

This role applies SRE principles to networking by shifting from manual network operations to automated, observable, and resilient network services.

The ideal candidate is a network engineer who thinks like a software engineer and SRE.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Reliability Engineering

• Define SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budgets for network services.

Design networks for:

• High availability

• Fault tolerance

• Low latency

• Predictable performance

Improve network reliability while reducing operational toil.

Cloud & Hybrid Networking

Architect and operate AWS networking:

• VPCs, Subnets, Route Tables

• Transit Gateway

• NAT, IGW

• PrivateLink, VPC Endpoints

Design hybrid connectivity:

• VPN

• Direct Connect

Support multi-account and multi-region architectures.

Network Observability & Monitoring

Build deep network observability using:

• VPC Flow Logs

• CloudWatch

• Datadog

• Prometheus / Grafana

Analyze packet loss, latency, and throughput.

Implement proactive alerting based on SLOs.

Correlate network signals with application performance.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Automate network provisioning and changes using:

• Terraform / CloudFormation

Implement CI/CD for network changes.

Reduce manual configuration and human error.

Version-control network definitions.

Incident Response & Troubleshooting

Lead network-related incident response.

Perform deep root-cause analysis for:

• Packet drops

• Routing issues

• DNS failures

• Load balancer degradation

Participate in on-call rotation and post-incident reviews.

Drive permanent fixes rather than workarounds.

Security & Traffic Management

Design and enforce:

• Network segmentation

• Zero-Trust principles

• Firewall rules (Security Groups, NACLs)

Implement secure ingress/egress patterns.

Support DDoS protection (AWS Shield, WAF).

Work with Security teams on audits and remediation.

Performance & Capacity Planning

Conduct traffic modeling and capacity forecasting.

Tune load balancers (ALB, NLB).

Optimize routing and failover strategies.

Validate resilience through failure testing.

Collaboration & Enablement

Partner with:

• Cloud Platform teams

• Application SREs

• Security & Infra teams

Enable application teams with network best practices.

Produce architecture diagrams, runbooks, and SOPs.

Influence platform design decisions.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have:

• Strong networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, routing)
• AWS networking expertise
• SRE concepts & practices
• Network observability & monitoring
• Infrastructure as Code
• Production incident handling experience