Azure Cloud Networking Engineer

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