Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Lead the Way to Intelligent Banking with Us!

You might not think about what happens behind the scenes when you check your bank balance or deposit a check from your phone, but we do. Every day.

Kinective empowers banks and credit unions to move beyond keeping up with technology to shaping the future of banking. Our platform seamlessly connects the right tools, delivers real-time data, and drives smarter operations for more than 4,000 financial institutions nationwide. We are a fast-growing team built on individual ownership, company-wide collaboration, and setting industry-leading standards. Here, new ideas are encouraged, candid feedback is welcomed, and your growth truly matters as much as the company’s. At Kinective, we are leading the way to intelligent banking together and enjoying the journey along the way.

Why This Role Matters

Every role at Kinective exists to move the needle for our clients, partners, and the financial institutions we serve. We are looking for a Senior Cloud Network Engineer at Kinective to own and evolve the networking backbone that powers our products and connects us to our customers. This is a product-facing role — not internal IT. You will design, build, and operate the cloud and customer-facing network infrastructure that directly impacts product reliability, security posture, and compliance standing.

You will work primarily across AWS with supporting Azure environments, manage VPN tunnel infrastructure for client connectivity, and play an active role in SOC 2 and PCI DSS audit readiness and evidence collection. This role requires someone who thinks in systems, communicates clearly across engineering, security, and customer teams, and takes ownership end-to-end. Everything we build is delivered as code — no click-ops in production.

What you’ll own

Cloud & Product Networking

• Design and operate network architectures across AWS (primary) and Azure, including VPCs, VNets, and Transit Gateways
• Enforce strict network segmentation between production and non-production environments — separate VPCs/VNets, distinct routing domains, and explicit deny-by-default posture
• Manage routing, peering, and segmentation across multi-cloud environments to support product SLAs and security boundaries
• Maintain and optimize network performance, availability, and observability across cloud regions
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure engineering teams to integrate networking into CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows

Client VPN & Secure Connectivity

• Design, provision, and maintain IPsec and SSL/TLS VPN tunnels connecting product environments to enterprise clients
• Own the full lifecycle of client tunnel onboarding — from technical scoping through cutover and steady-state support
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact during client network onboarding and connectivity incidents; lead customer-facing troubleshooting calls and produce written RCAs when client connectivity is impaired
• Troubleshoot and resolve tunnel stability, latency, and routing issues in coordination with client network teams — including packet capture and side-by-side config review
• Maintain documentation for all client connectivity configurations, including IP schemas, tunnel parameters, and escalation paths

Security & Compliance

• Support SOC 2 (Type II) and PCI DSS audit cycles — collecting network evidence, remediating findings, and responding to auditor requests
• Implement and enforce network controls aligned to SOC 2 Common Criteria and PCI DSS network segmentation and firewall requirements
• Conduct periodic firewall rule reviews, NACLs/security group audits, and access control assessments
• Collaborate with the security team on threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, and incident response for network-layer events
• Maintain network diagrams and data flow documentation required for compliance scoping

Operations & Engineering Excellence

• All network infrastructure changes are delivered as code — no console changes in production. Author and maintain reusable OpenTofu / Terraform modules for VPCs, VNets, TGW attachments, VPN tunnels, firewall rules, and routing policy. Every change lands via peer-reviewed PR
• Track work, changes, and incidents in JIRA; contribute to clear ticket hygiene and change-management workflows
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and runbooks for network health across environments
• Participate in on-call rotation for network-layer incidents; lead post-incident reviews for network events
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions and standards