Altruist Senior Network Engineer at Altruist to own multi-region AWS network architecture and design secure, segmented networks. Lead transition to zero trust / SASE access model and collaborate with Security team on network designs.
Responsibilities
Own the multi-region AWS network architecture, including transit gateway topology, VPC design, address-space strategy, and routing across production, clearing, and platform environments.
Design and enforce segmentation to isolate workload, corporate, and partner traffic, ensuring the network layer is delivered as code via Terraform and GitOps.
Lead the transition to a zero trust / SASE access model, ensuring application-level access and strong device posture for a distributed engineering team.
Collaborate closely with Security to translate threat models into durable network designs that meet regulated-industry standards and audit requirements.
Own the partner connectivity estate, managing site-to-site VPNs, BGP peering, and Direct Connect circuits to financial-services counterparties.
Manage office and edge networking, including ISP redundancy and connectivity standards for new locations.
Define network observability and serve as the senior escalation point for incidents, disaster recovery, and cross-region failover.
Apply an AI-native approach to network operations, using agentic workflows for audit, drift detection, and rapid analysis of configuration and flow data.
Provide technical leadership by writing standards, reviewing designs across teams, and mentoring engineers to ensure network resiliency.
What you’ll bring
Experience — 7+ years in network engineering, including 3+ in cloud-native environments. You have owned a production network, not just operated tickets against one.
Deep AWS networking: VPC design, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53, PrivateLink, NAT and egress patterns, and security group design at scale.
Qualification
Financial servicesService mesh or API gateway operationsSan Francisco$200
Preferred
Financial services, brokerage, or another regulated industry — including connectivity to clearing, custody, banking, or market-data counterparties.
Network integration through an acquisition or enterprise merger — address-space reconciliation and meeting a larger partner’s standards.
Expertise with AI (Claude) best practices, including agentic workflows applied to infrastructure operations.
Service mesh or API gateway operations; edge and CDN security (WAF, bot management); campus and branch networking.
Certifications such as AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, CCNP/CCIE, or JNCIP.
San Francisco, CA salary range
$200,000—$240,000 USD
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