AWS Network Engineer

Job Title : AWS Network Engineer

Location : New York, NY

Job Type : Contract / Full-Time (as needed)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled AWS Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, and optimize cloud network infrastructures that support large-scale digital, marketing, and customer-experience applications. The engineer will work across multi-account AWS environments, ensuring strong governance, security, and operational excellence for mission-critical hosted applications.

Key Responsibilities AWS Network Architecture & Governance

Design and implement multi-account AWS network environments using AWS best practices, AWS Landing Zone, and AWS Control Tower.

Build scalable, secure VPC architectures including subnets, route tables, gateways, NACLs, security groups, VPC peering, Transit Gateway , and other advanced networking components.

Ensure network solutions meet compliance, governance, and regulatory requirements.

Network Security & Compliance

Apply cloud security frameworks with strong IAM, network segmentation, and encryption strategies.

Ensure secure connectivity patterns across AWS, partner systems, marketing platforms, and hosted apps.

Implement and maintain network monitoring, logging, and auditing capabilities using AWS security tools.

Cloud Connectivity & Migration Support

Support cloud migration efforts, including on-prem to AWS networking architecture, routing, hybrid connectivity, and security boundary design.

Enable connectivity for marketing applications (websites, CRM, digital platforms) with secure traffic control.

Engineering, Optimization & Troubleshooting

Optimize network performance, routing, DNS (Route 53), load balancing, and traffic distribution.

Troubleshoot network issues involving connectivity, latency, DNS, security policies, and cross-account access.

Conduct deep analysis of complex technical challenges to deliver resilient solutions.

Automation & DevOps Integration

Build and manage network resources using Terraform and / or AWS CloudFormation .

Collaborate with DevOps teams to support automated deployments, CI / CD workflows, and infrastructure updates.

Ensure infrastructure designs align with scalable architectures used by development and operations teams.

Collaboration & Operational Excellence

Work closely with engineering, security, marketing tech teams, and third-party partners.

Contribute to DR / BCP planning, network reliability strategies, and ongoing optimization efforts.

Support application teams with secure network patterns for high-traffic digital marketing platforms.

Required Qualifications

7 10+ years of experience in cloud networking or infrastructure engineering.

5+ years of hands-on experience architecting and managing AWS network environments.

Strong expertise with :

VPC design, Route 53, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering

Security groups, NACLs, VPN, Direct Connect

Load balancers (ALB / NLB)

AWS Landing Zone & AWS Control Tower

Experience implementing cloud security frameworks and governance models.

Proficiency in Terraform and / or CloudFormation for network IaC.

Strong understanding of IAM, cloud identity models, and network access control.

Hands-on experience with CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Networking Specialty.

Experience supporting enterprise-grade MarTech, CRM, or digital marketing applications.

Familiarity with serverless networking (Lambda integrations, API Gateway, Fargate).

Knowledge of cloud monitoring tools and observability frameworks.