Guild Mortgage Company is a mortgage banking firm dedicated to serving homeowners and buyers. The Cloud Network Engineer plays an essential role in designing, securing, and administering scalable networks within cloud environments, primarily focusing on Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Installs and maintains cloud-based applications, systems, or associated infrastructures
- Responsible for Deploying and Configuring Cloud Networking Components:
- Virtual networks
- Routing Tables/User Defined Routes
- Azure Firewall
- Load balancers
- Application Gateways
- IPSec VPN/ExpressRoute
- Azure Bastion
- Azure DNS/Private Resolver
- Network Watcher
- Azure Front Door
- Azure API Management
- Network Security Groups
- Responsible for Network Administration using Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
- Use of IaC tools Terraform, Bicep to deploy infrastructure changes
- Implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines for network changes
- Troubleshooting, Support, Monitoring
- Diagnose and resolve network issues in cloud environments
- Provide support for connectivity problems, latency issues, and misconfigurations
- Monitor network performance and availability using tools Azure Monitor, PRTG
- Optimize network traffic by minimizing bottlenecks, reducing latency and ensuring optimal bandwidth utilization
- Collaboration:
- Work closely with DevOps, security, application teams on new network integrations and automation
- Document network designs, configurations using Visio, Lucidchart for consumption
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in designing, administering cloud networking components
- Strong analytical, problem solving, interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail; precision in configuration
- Customer-centric mindset
- Focused on performance, uptime, and user experience
- Ability to work well independently or within a team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- Highly organized and detail-oriented; ability to work in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Wiki, collaborative cloud-based programs, and third-party software applications required
- Commitment to company values
- Customer Service - Proactive attention to each person
- Integrity - Do and say what's right
- Respect - Treat others with dignity
- Collaboration - Listen and work together
- Learning - Seek knowledge and strive for improvement
- Excellence – Deliver the unexpected
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a field directly related to the position, preferred
- A combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of the Bachelor's degree
- Certifications directly related to the role (e.g. Azure AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ- 400, AZ-700 or AZ-900), preferred
- Relevant programming Software design
- Software documentation
- Software debugging
- Understanding of compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO, CIS)