Job Description
Job Description 1: Principal Cloud Network & Security Engineer (Onshore)
Location: Houston, TX, or surrounding areas (Hybrid/Onsite as required)
Duration : Contract
Role Overview
The Principal Cloud Network & Security Engineer is a senior hands-on technical role responsible for designing, building, and operating large-scale multi-cloud networking, WAF, and security platforms. This role is highly technical, execution-focused, and serves as the senior-most individual contributor, partnering closely with client architects, application teams, and offshore engineers.
Key Responsibilities
• Serve as senior technical authority for complex multi-cloud networking and security implementations.
• Design and implement routing, failover, segmentation, and private connectivity patterns.
• Lead hands-on deployment of AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, Cloud WAN, and hybrid connectivity.
• Design, implement, and tune AWS WAF and Cloudflare WAF rule sets and governance models.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC frameworks, and reusable automation modules.
• Provide hands-on support for complex troubleshooting and production incidents.
• Guide and mentor offshore engineers; review builds, code, and documentation.
• Produce and review detailed network diagrams, runbooks, and operational documentation.
• Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and operational governance forums.
Required Skills & Experience
• 8–12+ years of experience in cloud networking, security, or infrastructure engineering.
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS, Azure, and GCP networking services.
• Strong experience with AWS WAF, CloudFront, Kinesis Firehose, and Cloudflare WAF.
• Experience deploying and operating Palo Alto and Fortigate NGFWs in cloud environments.
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code skills (CloudFormation JSON required; Terraform preferred).
• Strong Python 3 scripting and automation experience.
• Experience supporting large enterprise, multi-account, multi-region environments
Location: Houston, TX, or surrounding areas (Hybrid/Onsite as required)
Duration : Contract
Role Overview
The Principal Cloud Network & Security Engineer is a senior hands-on technical role responsible for designing, building, and operating large-scale multi-cloud networking, WAF, and security platforms. This role is highly technical, execution-focused, and serves as the senior-most individual contributor, partnering closely with client architects, application teams, and offshore engineers.
Key Responsibilities
• Serve as senior technical authority for complex multi-cloud networking and security implementations.
• Design and implement routing, failover, segmentation, and private connectivity patterns.
• Lead hands-on deployment of AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, Cloud WAN, and hybrid connectivity.
• Design, implement, and tune AWS WAF and Cloudflare WAF rule sets and governance models.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC frameworks, and reusable automation modules.
• Provide hands-on support for complex troubleshooting and production incidents.
• Guide and mentor offshore engineers; review builds, code, and documentation.
• Produce and review detailed network diagrams, runbooks, and operational documentation.
• Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and operational governance forums.
Required Skills & Experience
• 8–12+ years of experience in cloud networking, security, or infrastructure engineering.
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS, Azure, and GCP networking services.
• Strong experience with AWS WAF, CloudFront, Kinesis Firehose, and Cloudflare WAF.
• Experience deploying and operating Palo Alto and Fortigate NGFWs in cloud environments.
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code skills (CloudFormation JSON required; Terraform preferred).
• Strong Python 3 scripting and automation experience.
• Experience supporting large enterprise, multi-account, multi-region environments
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Network Security Engineer : Houston, TX, position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Houston offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.