Network Infrastructure Engineer

• Collaborate with senior engineers to build, scale, and maintain the networking stack, including Nginx, Istio, and HAProxy, using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Manage and optimize global traffic routing and DNS using AWS Route 53 and CloudFront CDN.
• Implement and maintain secure authentication and authorization mechanisms for incoming requests.
• Optimize load-balancing strategies and traffic routing to ensure high availability and low latency across containerized workloads.
• Use monitoring and observability tools to ensure network health and troubleshoot production networking incidents.
• Partner with application teams to understand their compute requirements, providing guidance and support to help them effectively leverage the Kubernetes platform.
• Contribute to documentation covering infrastructure designs and operational procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software or systems engineering, with a focus on networking protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, and DNS.
• Hands-on experience with service mesh and load-balancing technologies such as Istio, HAProxy, or Nginx.
• Demonstrated experience with load balancers, including ALBs, NLBs, HAProxy, and Nginx, and cloud networking services.
• Foundational understanding of cloud computing concepts, including virtual machines, networking, and storage, with experience using a major cloud provider; AWS is preferred.
• Strong desire to learn and grow in platform engineering, compute infrastructure, and cloud-native technologies.

Preferred Qualifications *

• Hands-on experience with Istio service mesh, AWS CloudFront, and Route 53.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), or other modern authentication and security protocols.
• Exposure to cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, DNS, and load balancers