Cloud Network Architect

Dispel Engineering is in charge of building and maintaining Dispels products. Engineering interacts closely with Product, Operations, and Project management.

All members of the engineering team are expected to be honest, competent and easy to work with. Communicating around the state of plans and execution as well as continually learning about the technologies used in Dispels products is also expected of all team members.

In Dispel Engineering we help each other before we help ourselves, we succeed or fail as a team.

• Can handle being given completely ambiguous instructions.
• Knows when requirements are lacking or non-existent and can take appropriate counter measures.
• Very good at technical documentation.
• Capacity to balance business and technical complexity
• Able to clearly articulate tradeoffs between design decisions across financial, timeline, and technical measures
• Translate complex business requests into concrete and actionable designs
• Comfortable with various software and cloud technology design patterns

• Achieves clarity so that delivery can thrive and planning can happen.
• Recommends improvements to process, networks and tech stack.

• Must have practical experience and be willing to also go hands on. We believe strongly that you cannot be purely theoretical to design something, you should dedicate some amount of your time to actual implementation and building out lab environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing secure, scalable network infrastructures across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Proficiency with routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF), linux networking, network segmentation, and secure interconnect strategies.
• Strong hands-on experience with network security technologies such as VPNs (IPSec, WireGuard, OpenVPN), SD-Wan, firewalls, IDS/IPS, and zero trust architectures.
• Ability to clearly communicate architectural decisions to cross-functional teams, balancing tradeoffs in complexity, cost, and maintainability.
• Practical experience implementing high-availability networking strategies and disaster recovery planning.
• Technical degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Networking or equivalent work experience. Either have finished a technical education or have similar skill as a new grad from alternative sources of experience and knowledge.
• Fast learner. Degrees and certificates aren’t a determining factor for us. Rather, we value your ability to care about your work and learn fast.
• Communication and team culture are very important at Dispel. You’ll be joining a collaborative team where new ideas and contributions are encouraged. These criteria are soft, but just relax and be genuine.

• Knowledge of threat modeling, secure coding, and incident response planning. -.cod Experience of Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) as well using infrastructure-as-code tooling(Terraform, Bicep) to build and maintain them.
• CCNA or higher technical certifications (or equivalent certifications). Familiarity with industry compliance frameworks (SOC 2, IEC 62443, FedRAMP, etc) as well as CGNAT.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining infrastructure in regulated or critical infrastructure environments (e.g., utilities, defense, healthcare).
• Experience designing secure remote access solutions, including VPNs, bastion hosts, and software-defined perimeters.

• A willingness to accept failure and feedback, learn and try again.
• A passion for learning new disciplines and gaining a deep understanding of how others on the team do their work.
• An ability to communicate clearly and succinctly both in-person and over team chat.

• Annual Salary $165,000- $185,000
• 401(k) w/ company match.
• Unlimited paid time off
• Parental leave
• Flexible work schedule
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health savings account
• A salary
• A performance bonus