Azure Cloud Networking Engineer
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Role - Azure Cloud Networking Engineer
Location - Chicago IL- Remote
Job type- W2 Contract
Job description Below
Azure Cloud Engineer specializing in networking to design implement secure and maintain cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Azure networking network security connectivity troubleshooting and infrastructure automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and manage Azure Virtual Networks (VNets) subnets route tables NSGs and network security architecture.
- Configure and manage Azure VPN Gateway ExpressRoute Azure Firewall Application Gateway Load Balancer and NAT Gateway.
- Implement connectivity between Azure on-premises data centers and other cloud environments.
- Configure VNet peering Private Endpoints Private DNS Zones and service endpoints.
- Monitor and troubleshoot network connectivity latency routing DNS and security issues.
- Implement hub-and-spoke and other scalable Azure network architectures.
- Manage Azure Network Watcher NSG flow logs connection troubleshooting and traffic monitoring.
- Work with DNS TCP/IP HTTP/HTTPS DHCP routing NAT VPN and firewall concepts.
- Implement network security using Azure Firewall NSGs Azure DDoS Protection and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
- Support highly available and disaster-recovery-ready network architectures.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform ARM/Bicep PowerShell or Azure CLI.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure through CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with security DevOps infrastructure and application teams.
- Maintain network diagrams architecture documents runbooks and operational procedures.
- Participate in incident response root-cause analysis and performance optimization.
Required Skills
Azure Networking
- Azure Virtual Network and subnetting
- VNet Peering
- Azure VPN Gateway
- ExpressRoute
- Azure Firewall
- Application Gateway / WAF
- Azure Load Balancer
- NAT Gateway
- Private Link / Private Endpoint
- Private DNS
- Route Tables / UDR
- Network Security Groups
- Azure Network Watcher
Networking Fundamentals
- TCP/IP OSI model
- IPv4/IPv6
- DNS and DHCP
- Routing and switching concepts
- NAT
- VPN/IPSec
- Firewalls and proxies
- Load balancing
- Network troubleshooting
Automation / DevOps
- Terraform
- Azure CLI / PowerShell
- ARM Templates or Bicep
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Preferred Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
- Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Cisco CCNA/CCNP or equivalent networking certification
Good to Have
- Experience with Azure Landing Zones
- Hub-and-spoke and Virtual WAN architectures
- Azure Firewall Premium
- ExpressRoute Global Reach
- Network security and Zero Trust architecture
- Kubernetes/AKS networking
- Hybrid cloud networking
- Experience with Terraform modules and reusable IaC
Experience with enterprise-scale Azure environments
Required Skills:
AzureNetworking StrategyCisco