Senior Cloud Network Engineer at Distro
Roseland
$156,000–$176,800
Jul 14, 2026
Roseland
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior hands-on role designing and operating hybrid cloud networking for a large GCP-first enterprise, with deep requirements in VPC architecture, BGP/OSPF/MP-BGP routing, and overlay technologies such as VXLAN/EVPN. The ideal candidate brings data center or carrier-grade network architecture experience — think Cisco, Arista, or Juniper backgrounds that have transitioned into cloud — along with Terraform for infrastructure automation. Experience in environments of 5,000+ users is required.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Contract
Pay in the description: $75–$85/hr
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $166,595 (middle half $131,438–$195,323). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
This is a long-term contract with right-to-hire (contract-to-hire), posted at $75–$85/hr.
The posting is written as a recruiter/sourcing guide rather than a standard candidate-facing JD. Must-have skills are explicitly labeled 'Deal-Breakers' and preferred skills are labeled 'Strong Signal / Preferred', making the required vs. preferred distinction unusually clear.
The scale requirement (5,000+ user enterprise environment) is a hard gate per the posting but names no specific technology, so it is not captured as a skill.
CCNP and CCIE are listed as interchangeable preferred certifications ('single best proxy'); CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure or Data Center track is specifically called out as the priority.
Firewall/NAC/proxy/load balancer experience (Palo Alto, F5, Zscaler) appears under the preferred section; these are listed as examples rather than a single required tool.
The posting's 'Technical authority' and 'mentor engineers' language suggests the hiring manager wants a Staff/Lead-level practitioner, but the advertised title is 'Senior Cloud Network Engineer' — seniority is assessed as Senior accordingly.
Cisco ACI, Arista, and NSX appear as background/context signals for the VXLAN/EVPN requirement (data center fabric experience), listed under the preferred sourcing narrative rather than as hard gates.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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