Senior Cloud Network Engineer

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking aSenior Cloud Network Engineer to help modernize and scale the network architecture for amission-critical global platform operating acrossremote sites, centralized hubs, and AWS cloud environments. This role is ideal for an engineer who understands both the realities ofphysical field networking and the design ofcloud-native, software-defined network fabrics.

You will help transform a legacy, static, IP-heavy networking estate into a morevirtualized, elastic, observable, and cloud-managed architecture. This includes hybrid connectivity from physical networks and appliances into AWS, building resilient virtual network topologies, and designing for highly variable traffic patterns ranging from steady-state operations to large event-driven surges.

We are especially interested in engineers who can combinedeep networking fundamentals,AWS cloud networking,automation/IaC, and emergingAIOps/telemetry-driven operations to improve reliability, scalability, and operational insight.

What you will do

• Design and implementhybrid network architectures spanning field sites, centralized environments, andAWS

• Build and modernizeVPC-based network fabrics usingAWS services

• Integratephysical firewalls, routed networks, and VPN-connected sites withvirtual cloud networking and security appliances

• Reduce dependence onstatic routing and static public IP-heavy designs by introducing more flexible, software-defined, policy-driven network patterns

• Design forburst traffic, event-driven surges, failover, and high availability

• Create repeatable network deployments usingTerraform, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices

• Improve network observability throughflow logs, metrics, synthetic tests, alerting, and telemetry pipelines

• Contribute toAIOps/capacity planning initiatives using telemetry for anomaly detection, forecasting, and faster incident response

• Partner with cloud platform, field communications, software, observability, and security teams to deliver reliable end-to-end connectivity

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in network engineering, cloud networking, or hybrid infrastructure engineering

• Strong hands-on experience withAWS networking in production, includingVPC design, Transit Gateway, VPN/IPsec, Direct Connect, PrivateLink,Route 53, and security segmentation and routing design

• Strong networking fundamentals, includingIP networking,routing,BGP,NAT,DNS,high availability/failover, andnetwork security fundamentals

• Experience connectingphysical networksintocloud-based virtual networks

• Experience withTerraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tooling

• Experience troubleshooting across network, platform, and application boundaries

• Support forhigh-availability, mission-critical, or globally distributed systems

Preferred qualifications

• Experience withvirtual firewalls/appliances such asCisco ASA/Firepower,Palo Alto,Fortinet, or equivalent

• Experience withnetwork automation usingPython,Ansible, or CI/CD workflows

• Experience withSD-WAN, network virtualization, or large-scale WAN modernization

• Experience withnetwork observability tools and platforms such asGrafana, ELK, Kibana, flow log analysis,andsynthetic monitoring

• Experience applyingAIOps, analytics, or ML-assisted techniques to anomaly detection, capacity planning, traffic analysis, and incident reduction

• Experience withremote systems, low bandwidth,orunreliable connections

• AWS certifications or equivalent practical cloud networking depth

Why join Parsons in this role

• Drive transformation of legacy field networking tocloud-native hybrid networking

• Work on technically challenging problems involvingedge connectivity, cloud scale, elasticity, and observability

• Build systems that perform under everyday operations and major traffic surges

• Join a team where senior engineers have meaningful technical ownership and architectural influence

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $176,900.00 - $332,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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