Network & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Architect of connectivity and digital uptime, the network engineer designs, secures, and maintains the communications backbone connecting users, data centers, and clouds.
- Role of a Network & Cloud Engineer
- Core missions
- Core competencies
- Education
- Hiring organizations
- Faseya's screening standards
- Career evolution
Qualified candidates ready within 48h.
Role of a Network & Cloud Engineer
The network engineer guarantees uninterrupted, low-latency, and encrypted communication across company sites, data centers, and public clouds.
They configure switches, routers, firewalls, and SD-WAN networks while defending infrastructure against unauthorized intrusion.
Core missions
Core networking responsibilities:
- ●Network architecture design - deploying LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and hybrid multi-cloud interconnects (AWS Direct Connect, ExpressRoute).
- ●Security & firewall policies - configuring Next-Gen Firewalls (Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco) and Zero Trust VPNs.
- ●Performance monitoring & QoS - ensuring bandwidth optimization, traffic routing, and sub-millisecond reliability.
- ●Incident response & disaster recovery - troubleshooting network outages 24/7 with deep packet analysis.
They ensure business operations never stop due to connectivity failure.
Core competencies
Key skills for network engineering:
Core Technical Skills
- ●Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VXLAN)
- ●Firewalls: Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco ASA
- ●Cloud Networking: AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Azure VNet
- ●VPN: IPsec, WireGuard, OpenVPN, ZTNA
- ●Wireshark packet analysis, SNMP, NetFlow
- ●Cisco CCNA/CCNP, Fortinet NSE certifications
Complementary & Soft Skills
- ●Network automation: Python, Ansible
- ●SD-WAN solutions (Meraki, Silver Peak)
- ●DNS, DHCP, IPAM architecture
- ●Load balancing: F5 BIG-IP, HAProxy
Education
Degree in Telecommunications or Computer Systems with CCNA/CCNP or Fortinet certifications.
Hiring organizations
- ●Telecom operators, data center hosts, financial institutions, and multi-site industrial groups.
Faseya's screening standards
We evaluate packet inspection, disaster recovery routing failovers, and Zero Trust security architectures.
Career evolution
Senior Network Architect, Head of Infrastructure, or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
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