Senior IT Network Engineer

• Founded in 2012, Cloud Imperium Games creates cutting-edge videogames that defy expectations. We’re currently developing Star Citizen, a record-breaking multiplayer online space sim, and Squadron 42, a cinematic single-player adventure set in the same universe. Join us as we break boundaries and make video game history
• Cloud Imperium Games is looking for a skilled and talented IT Network Engineer to own our corporate network across our studios in Manchester, Austin, Frankfurt, and Montreal!
• Own the corporate network across all sites: switching, routing, wireless, firewalls, VPN, and inter-site connectivity
• Manage network performance for high-throughput workloads — large Perforce syncs, build artefact movement, and GPU workstation traffic
• Design and maintain network segmentation and zero-trust-ish access in partnership with the Security function
• Lead monitoring, capacity planning, and documentation to build a resilient network architecture
• Manage vendors and circuits for ISPs and network hardware
• Provide cross-coverage of the wider corporate IT estate and participate in an on-call rota for critical incidents

Benefits

• Employer funded tax-free Health Reimbursement Arrangement for qualified medical expenses up to $5,000 per employee and $15,000 per family
• Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
• Paid Short and Long Term Disability Leave
• Life Insurance & AD&D coverage
• 401(k) Plan with up to 4% company match
• Pet Insurance
• Discounted Gym Membership through CIGNA
• Yearly Flu-shot Clinic
• Employee Resource Groups for traditionally underrepresented groups, minorities and allies
• Full Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (100% free for employee level coverage and subsidized for dependents)- Have experience designing and securing multi-site networks, ideally moving high volumes of data between locations
• Carry a genuine full-stack baseline across Windows systems, identity and access, cloud, and endpoint — and are quick to learn where you are light
• Have deep, expert-level network engineering experience: enterprise switching and routing, BGP and OSPF, firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Aruba, Junos, Arista or similar), wireless, and VPN. CCNP-calibre as an illustration
• Have cloud networking exposure across GCP, Azure, or AWS
• Are comfortable with network automation and infrastructure as code (Python, Ansible, Terraform or similar)
• Are calm and methodical under pressure during outages, with strong root-cause discipline
• We are always keen to hear from passionate network engineers, so join the ‘verse and become our latest Star Citizen!