Azure Cloud Network and Security Engineer

Title: Azure Cloud Network and Security Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned network and security remediation activities.
• Validate cloud networking changes before, during, and after implementation.
• Troubleshoot production network and connectivity issues across cloud environments.
• Review and validate firewall policies, NAT gateways, routing tables, DNS configurations, load balancers, and network peering.
• Support cloud migration, deployment, and cutover activities.
• Prepare and review change requests, implementation procedures, rollback plans, and risk assessments.
• Identify dependencies, operational risks, and process gaps, and document mitigation strategies.
• Support incident investigations, post-incident reviews, and service restoration efforts.
• Improve network visibility, monitoring, operational readiness, and runbook quality.
• Provide regular status updates covering progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure networking services.
• Good understanding of GCP and AWS networking concepts and architectures.
• Experience with firewalls, routing, NAT, DNS, load balancers, SSL/TLS certificates, and network security controls.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking, preferably AKS and/or GKE.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Cisco XDR and/or NDR solutions.
• Experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Datadog, or Grafana.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.