NEW JOB OPENING
SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER HYBRID CLOUD AND AUTOMATION
IN CHICAGO, IL, USA!

 

Date Posted: 09/03/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 506937
Industry: Financial Services
Job Title: Senior Network Engineer Hybrid Cloud and Automation
Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA, 60604
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: 3 times a week is mandatory
Shift: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Employment Type: Temp to Hire
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 10
Min Hourly Rate($): 80.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 90.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, Azure, PowerShell, Python, Terraform, VMWare
Experience Desired: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) (10 yrs); Hybrid Cloud Networking (AWS & Azure) (10 yrs); Network Isolation & Micro-Segmentation (10 yrs); Enterprise Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN, SDN) (10 yrs); Scripting (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) (19 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Certifications/Licenses: CCNP, AWS Advanced Networking,AZ-700,HashiCorp, VMware,CISSP

 

Job Description
Required Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

Required Skills
• Enterprise network engineering (routing, switching, BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN, SDN).
• Hybrid cloud networking (5+ years supporting on-prem, private cloud, AWS, and Azure).
• Network isolation, secure enclave design, air-gapped environments, and recovery network architectures.
• Micro-segmentation (VMware NSX, Illumio, Cisco Secure Workload, cloud-native security groups).
• Zero Trust networking principles and least-privilege access.
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (3+ years) – building reusable modules and standardized patterns.
• Scripting with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for provisioning, validation, compliance, drift detection, and monitoring.
• CI/CD pipeline integration (Git-based).
• AWS: VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route Tables, PrivateLink, Network Firewall.
• Azure: VNets, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, Azure Firewall, NSGs, Application Gateway, Load Balancer.
• Firewall architecture, IDS/IPS, DDoS protection, secure DNS, encryption in transit.
• High Availability, Disaster Recovery, active-active/passive architectures, multi-region failover, automated failover.
• Tools such as ThousandEyes, SolarWinds, Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and cloud-native solutions.
• Dashboard development, KPI tracking, and automated alerting.

Preferred (Nice-to-Have) Skills
• Experience in large financial institutions or regulated industries.
• Kubernetes/OpenShift networking.
• VMware NSX or Cisco ACI.
• GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Disaster Recovery and Cyber Recovery networking.
• Infrastructure as Code governance and policy-as-code.
• Immutable infrastructure.

Preferred Certifications
• CCNP Enterprise or CCIE
• AWS Advanced Networking – Specialty
• Microsoft Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate
• VMware VCP-NV (NSX)
• Palo Alto PCNSE
• CISSP (preferred)

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, automation, and modernization of enterprise network infrastructure across hybrid environments. This role is responsible for building highly resilient, secure, software-defined network architectures spanning on-premises data centers, private cloud, and public cloud platforms. The ideal candidate partners closely with Cloud Engineering, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, SRE, and Application teams to deliver secure, scalable, and automated networking solutions aligned with Zero Trust principles.

Key Responsibilities:
• Enterprise Network Engineering – Design, implement, and support highly available network infrastructure across on-prem data centers, private cloud, AWS, and Azure. Engineer resilient Layer 2/Layer 3 architectures including routing, switching, BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN, and SDN technologies. Support enterprise resiliency and disaster recovery.
• Infrastructure Automation – Build IaC solutions using Terraform; develop reusable modules and standardized deployment patterns. Automate network provisioning and configuration management. Integrate automation into Git-based CI/CD pipelines. Eliminate manual networking activities through automation-first engineering.
• Scripting & Automation – Develop automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, and REST APIs to handle provisioning, validation, compliance verification, drift detection, operational reporting, and health monitoring.
• Network Isolation & Segmentation – Lead enterprise initiatives for network isolation, secure enclaves, air-gapped environments, Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE), secure management networks, and recovery architectures. Design secure separation between production, non-production, recovery, cyber recovery, and management networks.
• Micro-Segmentation – Design and implement enterprise micro-segmentation using VMware NSX, Illumio, Cisco Secure Workload, cloud-native security groups, Azure NSGs, AWS Security Groups, and Network ACLs. Manage East-West traffic control, Zero Trust architectures, least-privilege access, dynamic policy enforcement, and application dependency mapping.
• Cloud Networking – Engineer networking solutions across AWS (VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route Tables, PrivateLink, Network Firewall) and Azure (VNets, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, Azure Firewall, NSGs, Application Gateway, Load Balancer).
• Security Engineering – Collaborate with Cyber Security to implement Zero Trust networking, Network Access Control, secure remote connectivity, firewall architecture, IDS/IPS, DDoS protection, secure DNS, certificate management, and encryption in transit.
• Resiliency Engineering – Design networking solutions supporting High Availability, Disaster Recovery, active-active/passive architectures, multi-region cloud deployments, automated failover, resilient routing, and critical application recovery.
• Monitoring & Observability – Implement enterprise network observability using tools like ThousandEyes, SolarWinds, Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and cloud-native monitoring. Develop dashboards, KPIs, and automated alerting for proactive network operations.

 

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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