Senior Network Engineer

Clearwater Analytics runs a multi-region AWS platform that serves the investment accounting infrastructure our clients depend on daily. The Network Engineering team owns that connectivity end to end — cloud network architecture, transit, egress, load balancing, and the infrastructure-as-code that defines all of it.

 

We are a cloud-first, GitOps-driven team. Our network is not configured by hand; it is written, reviewed, and deployed as code. We're seeking a Senior Cloud Network Engineer who is expert at networking and fluent in the tooling and practices of a modern platform engineering organization.

 

Responsibilities:

• Expert designing and implementing AWS and On-Prem Networking, Palo Alto, Aviatrix and Cisco network product portfolios.

• Experience with AWS Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Load Balancers, BGP, and VPNs.

• Experienced with IaC (Terraform, CI/CD with Gitlab, GitOps)

• Experienced with AI tools such as Claude Code and Windsurf etc.

• Collaborate to make critical product architecture and implementation decisions.

• Anticipate and quickly adapt systems and practices to changes in load, usage, and customer requirements.

• Continually create and pioneer automation and configuration management using development best practices.

• Design, implement, document, and evolve best practices for system installation, configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and Incident response.

• Participate in vendor and purchasing decisions.

• Regularly provide training and support for new methods, tools, and patterns.

• Build tools, frameworks, and projects that improve productivity for colleagues.

• Set a positive example throughout the company for quality and responsibility.

Requirements:   

• 7+ years of experience in production network engineering

• Technical Lead experience or Senior Engineering level experience

• Be self-directed and results/goal oriented.

• Ability to demonstrate mature, solid, timely, and professional problem-solving, analytical and technical troubleshooting skills

• Written and oral communication skills sufficient to communicate effectively with technical/non-technical employees, senior management, and external partners/customers.

• Excellent planning, organizational and documentation skills

• Ability to install networking equipment.

• Available for on-call rotation

Desired Experience or Skills:

• Industry Recognized Certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, PCNSE, AWS Advanced Networking, etc)

• Experience with scripting languages.

• Experience within a SaaS organization.