Overview
On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12+ mo(s)
Skills
Cloud Testing
Design Of Experiments
Regulatory Compliance
Test Plans
Network Operations
Presentations
Terraform
DMZ
Analytics
Switches
Hardening
LAN
WAN
Testing
Cisco Certifications
PaaS
IaaS
Internet
Routers
Computer Hardware
TCP/IP
MPLS
Virtual Private Network
Encryption
Cisco IOS
Python
Network Programming
Agile
Supervision
Debugging
Network Security
Test Cases
Communication
Collaboration
POC
Network Protocols
Border Gateway Protocol
OSPF
Spanning Tree Protocol
IPv4
Routing Protocols
Cloud Computing
Computer Networking
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Microsoft Azure
Load Balancing
Amazon Web Services
Virtual Private Cloud
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon Route 53
Management
Firewall
NAT
DNS
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Cisco
Arista
Network
Routing
ISR
Nexus
Multicast
PIM
RP
IPsec
DMVPN
SDA
Optics
2.5G
Cabling
Ansible
Ixia
Wireshark
Automated Testing
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Kubernetes
IPv6
Health Care
Legal
Insurance
Job Details
Senior Network Cloud Testing Engineer
Onsite in Alpharetta, GA
$80-$83.00/hr on w2, DOE
12 months contract with possibility of extension /Conversion
Onsite in Alpharetta, GA
$80-$83.00/hr on w2, DOE
12 months contract with possibility of extension /Conversion
Position Description
- This position is a highly skilled Cloud Network Test Engineer role with deep knowledge of IPV6 and hands-on experience across Public Cloud Infrastructures: AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Develop lab testing frameworks and validate expected test performance on IPV6 and dual-stack networking in cloud-native and enterprise environments.
- Design test strategies and ensure compliance with IPV6 readiness standards across public clouds.
- Coordinate with other teams to gather certification requirements, translate them into detailed test plans, and execute tests in live lab environments.
- Troubleshoot, manage code/platform lifecycle, and provide solutions to complex hardware/software problems.
- Collaborate closely with BU technologists to translate network business requirements.
- Provide escalation support to network operations by validating bugs/vulnerabilities/workarounds in the lab, documenting impact, and presenting to the ENS forum for approval.
- Assist Operations in piloting solutions in production environments.
- Drive IPV6 validation across multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures.
- Develop sophisticated test automation frameworks using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation.
- Test network DMZ designs, certify hardware/software features, and enhance the network security posture.
- Identify communication scenarios, create and execute tests, perform data gathering and analytics, and prepare design/deployment templates.
- Maintain deep understanding and hands-on experience on Cisco Routing and Switching platforms, IPV6, on-prem and cloud infrastructures, including security/hardening aspects.
- Collaborate with infrastructure engineers and architects across verticals (cloud, compute, security, telemetry, desktop, security architects, etc.) and senior management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
Qualifications:
- 8+ Years of experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and feature testing/certification.
- CCIE/CCNP certified or equivalent experience
- AWS Advanced Networking, Azure Network Engineer, or Google Cloud Platform Cloud Network Engineer certifications are desired.
- 4+ years of experience with Cloud PaaS and/or IaaS (Azure, AWS)
- Well versed in cloud networking solutions and cloud compute operating models.
- Must understand AWS constructs like VPC IPV6 addressing, Internet Gateway, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53.
- Azure: VNet IPv6, Azure Load Balancer, IPV6 Express Route, NSGs, Azure Network Watcher.
- Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Routers, Google Access for IPv6, Cloud NAT64, Interconnect, VPC Flow Logs.
- 3+ years of IPV6 networking and validation experience.
- Experience building lab designs, certifying hardware/software products, performing PoCs.
- Strong knowledge of networking technologies: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPBGP, MPLS VPNs, VxLAN, Multicast.
- Well versed in DMVPN, IPSEC, encryption standards, network security.
- Experience with Cisco IOS-XE, Nexus devices.
- Python network programming knowledge is a plus.
- Knowledge of Agile processes is a plus.
- Work under minimal supervision.
- Experience with test tools like Ixia, Spirent, iperf, latency generators is a big plus.
- Network traffic analysis, able to read pcaps, Wireshark.
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Collaborate and coordinate with network/security teams and vendors.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize tasks.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills a MUST.
- Create test cases, develop config templates, and operational manuals.
- Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills with diverse audiences including IT professionals and senior management.
- Collaborate with technical teams to deliver product and solution-level support.
- Facilitate transition from PoC to certification, pilot, and production environments.
- Extensive liaising with Cisco and Arista.
Skills Required
- Excellent knowledge of network protocols: BGP, OSPF, Spanning Tree Protocol, Multicast.
- Strong understanding of IPV6 fundamentals, addressing, NDP, ICMPv6, DHCPv6, SLAAC, IPV6 + IPV4 implementation.
- Experience with routing protocols: OSPFv3, BGPv6.
- Knowledge of cloud networking and security best practices (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
- MS Azure: VNet, VNet-Peering, Private Link, vWAN, Express Route, Firewall, Load Balancer.
- AWS Global infrastructure: VPC, S3, EC2, Route 53, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect.
- Knowledge of firewalls and NAT64/DNS64 configuration.
- Design and troubleshoot Cisco and Arista network platforms and protocols.
- IP routing platforms: ISR, ASR1K, ASR9K, Catalyst 9K, Catalyst 8Kv, Nexus 9K.
- Multicast: IGMPv2/v3, PIM, Static RP, RP-Anycast.
- Overlay technologies: IPSEC, DMVPN, VXLAN, MACSEC, SDWAN/SDA a plus.
- Cabling and optics: 10/25G/40G/50G/100G, breakout cables, breakout panels.
- Ansible knowledge a huge plus.
- Proficient in traffic generation tools: Ixia, Spirent, iPerf3, Wireshark.
- Test automation within CI/CD infrastructure, ROBOT framework a plus.
- Experience with Kubernetes and IPV6 enabled CNI plugins like Calico and Cilium is a plus.
Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
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