• Senior Network Engineer

    Insight Global (Hartford, CT)


    Job Description

    A healthcare client is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to sit fully remote. The Senior Network Engineer (SaaS Platform, GCP Focus) is responsible for architecting, implementing, and optimizing cloud‑native networking for a multi‑tenant SaaS platform built primarily on Google Cloud Platform with integrations into Azure. This role designs secure, resilient, and scalable connectivity—including VPCs, firewalls, load balancers, Cloud Interconnect, and landing zones—while codifying infrastructure through IaC and integrating network changes into CI/CD pipelines. Working closely with platform engineering, DevOps, and security teams, the engineer leads networking patterns for Kubernetes/GKE, service mesh (Istio), microservices traffic management, and hybrid connectivity, enforcing Zero Trust, segmentation, encryption, and compliance across major frameworks. The position provides advanced support for complex issues, drives automation, observability, and best practices, and contributes technical leadership to ensure high availability, performance, and cost‑efficient cloud operations.

     

    We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

     

    Skills and Requirements

     

    5+ years of network engineering experience, including migrating on-premises networks to cloud environments

     

    Deep hands-on expertise with GCP, Azure and landing zone/peer networking and SaaS architectures

     

    Experience designing secure and scalable SaaS platforms

     

    Startup experience or demonstrated agile/startup mindset

    Advanced knowledge in:

    - Enterprise routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and technologies (Cisco, Juniper, Arista).

     

    - Network security technologies: Palo Alto NGFW, IDS/IPS, NAC, ZTNA, DLP, SIEM.

     

    - Cloud networking in AWS, Azure, and GCP.

     

    - Designing Layer 2/3 topologies for high availability and scalability; SD-WAN, VPN, hybrid connectivity.

     

    - Network monitoring and performance tools (SolarWinds, NetFlow, Wireshark).

     

    Strong experience with IaC tools - Terraform

     

    AI knowledge or hands on experience Experience as a Network Architect within a Fortune 500 company with at least 3 or more data centers, including both on-premises and collocated environments

     

    GCP certifications

     

    Network virtualization platforms - (NSX, Cisco ACI, VMware)

     

    Background in DevOps, CICD, and automation