Job Description

The Senior Consultant – Network Platform Engineer

is a senior individual contributor within the SRE / Platform organization, acting as a technical authority for cloud, hybrid, and global network architecture, reliability, and operations. This role is responsible for designing, evolving, and supporting network platforms that interconnect cloud environments, physical datacenters, and external providers in a secure, scalable, and resilient manner.

This position requires deep expertise in Azure networking, with active responsibility for AWS networking, physical datacenters, and datacenter service providers. While network engineering is the core focus, experience with platform and cloud disciplines is considered a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities

Network Architecture & Global Topology

• Design and evolve global network topologies spanning Azure, AWS, physical datacenters, and third‑party providers.

• Define scalable, resilient, and secure network architecture patterns for hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.

• Act as a technical reference for routing strategies, segmentation, connectivity models, and traffic flows.

Cloud & Datacenter Networking

• Own the design and evolution of network components, including:

  • Virtual networks, subnets, routing, and traffic control

  • Load balancing, ingress/egress, and DNS

  • Connectivity between cloud environments and physical datacenters

• Work directly with datacenter providers, carriers, and network vendors to design and operate connectivity.

Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Ensure network platforms meet availability, performance, and resiliency requirements.

• Apply SRE principles to networking, including redundancy, fault isolation, graceful degradation, and capacity planning.

• Proactively identify risks and single points of failure across global network topologies.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Drive network automation through Infrastructure as Code and standardized deployment patterns.

• Define and evolve automated provisioning, configuration, and validation for network resources.

• Reduce manual network operations and operational risk.

Incident Management & On‑Call

• Participate in on‑call rotations as a senior escalation point for network‑related incidents.

• Lead troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis for complex network failures.

• Drive improvements from post‑incident reviews to prevent recurrence.

Cross‑Discipline Collaboration

• Collaborate with platform, Kubernetes, security, and application teams to ensure network designs support platform and workload needs.

• Contribute to platform discussions where networking intersects with Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud architecture.

• Mentor engineers on network architecture, troubleshooting, and operational best practices.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:
9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD

Strong hands-on experience with:
* Cloud networking on Public Cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS)
* Hybrid and multi‑cloud network architectures, including connectivity between cloud and physical datacenters
* Network services such as routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, and traffic management
* Infrastructure as Code for network resources (e.g., Terraform)

Proven background in Network Engineering, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles, acting as a technical reference for network design and reliability.

Strong understanding of:
* Designing global network architectures and topologies for scalability, resilience, security, and performance
* Connectivity models between cloud providers, datacenters, and external partners
* Network observability, monitoring, and troubleshooting in large‑scale environments
* Incident management concepts and on-call operations related to network services
* Strong collaboration and communication skills

Nice to have / Differentiators
* Experience operating Kubernetes platforms (networking, ingress, service exposure, or connectivity)
* Exposure to Platform Engineering or DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automation, and GitOps models
* Familiarity with broader cloud disciplines beyond networking (compute, security, observability)

Additional Information

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.  Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for this position is 152,200.00 to 243,700.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.