About Fortanix:
In today's world, where data spreads across various clouds and devices, traditional security measures aren't enough. Businesses need a dynamic approach to defend against constant cyber threats and ensure agile data security. Fortanix leads the way in data-centric cybersecurity for hybrid multicloud environments, using advanced cryptography, encryption, and confidential AI solutions.
As data breaches become more frequent and traditional defenses fall short, we focus on data exposure management to keep your information safe. Our unified data security platform addresses vulnerabilities in hybrid multicloud environments, defends against threats, and makes it easier to discover, assess, and fix data exposure risks. Whether implementing a Zero Trust model or preparing for the post-quantum computing era, we help businesses worldwide protect their most sensitive data, wherever it is.
Our commitment to solving the world’s toughest data security challenges has earned Fortanix multiple Cybersecurity Excellence and Innovation Awards, as well as recognition from industry giants such as NVIDIA, Microsoft, Intel, ServiceNow, and Snowflake.
Our team includes industry leaders and cryptography experts, creating a culture of trust, innovation and collaboration where every voice is valued. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, we're looking for passionate individuals to help us shape the future of data security and work towards a safer digital future.
Why work with us?
We're seeking passionate people to work with us to change the very idea of how people use cloud computing. We take pride in making Fortanix a great place to work. Coworkers recognize that great ideas can come from anyone, and everyone is encouraged to jump in, contribute, and ask questions. In tackling the hardest problems, we believe that working together will produce better solutions.
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a Senior Network Engineer to help build, operate, and evolve the network infrastructure behind our global SaaS platform.
This is a hands-on, automation-focused network engineering role for someone who enjoys working across data center, cloud, Linux, and virtualized network environments. You’ll own networking end-to-end—from deployment and configuration to monitoring, troubleshooting, automation, and continuous improvement.
You don't need to be a pure network architect, but you should have strong networking fundamentals, understand how modern network infrastructure is designed, and be able to independently troubleshoot complex problems and implement solutions with limited direction.
You’ll work closely with Engineering, SaaSOps, and Customer Success teams and will also help own our lab and data center network infrastructure in Santa Clara.
What You’ll Do
Deploy, operate, and improve data center network infrastructure , including routing, switching, network security, load balancing, and connectivity.
Support network infrastructure across data center, cloud, and virtualized environments , ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
Own networking for our Santa Clara lab environment , including deployments, maintenance, troubleshooting, and occasional hands-on data center support.
Automate network provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational tasks using Python, Ansible, Bash, or similar tools.
Configure and manage network infrastructure, with a significant portion of our environment running on Juniper and JunOS .
Work with software-defined networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and virtualized network environments .
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across network, Linux operating system, and application layers .
Partner with Engineering, SaaSOps, and Customer Success teams to deploy and support networking solutions across private and public cloud environments.
Monitor network health and performance, identify potential issues, and improve network observability and operational…