Cloud Network & Security Engineer / Houston, TX-Hybrid Onsite

Location: Houston, TX - Hybrid onsite

Required Skills & Experience: 8–12+ years of experience in cloud networking, security, or infrastructure engineering.- Deep hands-on expertise with AWS, Azure, and GCP networking services.- Strong experience with AWS WAF, CloudFront, Kinesis Firehose, and Cloudflare WAF.- Experience deploying and operating Palo Alto and Fortigate NGFWs in cloud environments.- Advanced Infrastructure as Code skills (CloudFormation JSON required; Terraform preferred).- Strong Python 3 scripting and automation experience.- Experience supporting large enterprise, multi-account, multi-region environments.

Key Responsibilities: Serve as senior technical authority for complex multi-cloud networking and security implementations.- Design and implement routing, failover, segmentation, and private connectivity patterns.- Lead hands-on deployment of AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, Cloud WAN, and hybrid connectivity.- Design, implement, and tune AWS WAF and Cloudflare WAF rule sets and governance models.- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC frameworks, and reusable automation modules.- Provide hands-on support for complex troubleshooting and production incidents.- Guide and mentor offshore engineers; review builds, code, and documentation.- Produce and review detailed network diagrams, runbooks, and operational documentation.- Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and operational governance forums.