Site Reliability Engineer(Exp in Networking)

Job Title - Network SRE (Site Reliability Engineer Networking)

Location-Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)

Experience - 10 16+ Network Engineering with SRE / Automation focus

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