# Network Engineer - Core Infrastructure

**Company:** [Kraken](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/kraken)
**Location:** Europe
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $40k – $55k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks, Pan-Os, Cisco Aci, Hpe Juniper Apstra, Vlans, Ospf, BGP, Ecmp, Pbr, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> Builds, secures, operates, and automates data-center and network infrastructure for a global cryptocurrency exchange. The role requires network engineering experience, hands-on physical infrastructure and firewall expertise, cloud networking knowledge, and an automation-focused mindset.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Design and Build Data Centers
- Design and build data centers end-to-end, including cages, racks, PDU/power, structured cabling, and hardware installation.
- Deliver connectivity through circuits, dark fiber, and DIA, including carrier/vendor coordination, cross-connects, and capacity planning.
- Stand up and evolve modern data-center fabrics such as Cisco ACI and HPE Juniper Apstra.

### Secure the Network
- Design, implement, and defend zero-trust, defense-in-depth networks with firewalls at the center, including policy, segmentation, and secure connectivity.
- Implement and evolve enterprise network access controls, including RBAC, least privilege, and segmentation.
- Partner with Engineering and IT Security to build secure, monitored features.

### Operate and Respond
- Respond to infrastructure requests involving provisioning, access, connectivity, and troubleshooting.
- Monitor and maintain physical infrastructure, including network, security, and compute systems, cloud environments, and remote sites.
- Respond to critical incidents to maximize uptime.

### Automate and Build Tools
- Manage and deploy infrastructure as code at scale.
- Build team tooling, automation, internal utilities, and AI agents to reduce operational toil.
- Write policies, procedures, and technical documentation.
- Evangelize secure-network practices and mentor team members at senior levels.

## Requirements
- 2+ years of network engineering experience with a security-minded approach.
- Hands-on experience with firewalls, particularly Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS, or Panorama.
- Hands-on data-center and physical-infrastructure experience, including racking, cabling, power, cross-connects, and hardware installation.
- Working knowledge of switching, VLANs, and capacity planning.
- Working knowledge of routing protocols and technologies, including OSPF, BGP, ECMP, and PBR.
- Exposure to public-cloud networking, including AWS, Azure, or GCP, and hybrid connectivity.
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code and automation, such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Comfort with VPN and remote-access connectivity.
- Bias toward automating repetitive work and strong operational ownership.
- Experience with industry-standard platforms from Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, HPE Juniper Networking, or HPE Aruba Networking.
- Valid passport and ability to travel internationally as needed.

## Nice to Haves
- Data-center design and build experience at scale, including multi-site buildouts, carrier/circuit delivery, and capacity planning.
- Data-center fabric design experience with Cisco ACI or HPE Juniper Apstra.
- Deep firewall design and operations experience, including multi-site policy, HA clusters, and PAN-OS/Panorama at scale.
- Experience building AI agents or developer tooling for operational triage and runbook automation.
- Experience with defensive security systems, including IDS/IPS, security monitoring, and security testing.
- Knowledge of offensive and defensive security concepts.
- Deeper public, private, or hybrid cloud experience.
- Experience owning infrastructure-as-code pipelines end-to-end.

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