Strategic Cloud Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Strategic Cloud Engineer

Location(s): Chicago, IL
(Remote)

Role Overview
The Strategic Cloud Engineer (SCE) - Networking is a customerfacing technical role focused on helping organizations design, adopt, and optimize Google Cloud networking solutions, with deep specialization in Google Cloud Network Connectivity Center (NCC).

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers, guiding network architecture decisions for hybrid, multicloud, and onpremises connectivity using Google Cloud.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture workshops, and solution design sessions focused on Network Connectivity Center (NCC) hubandspoke models.
• Align customer networking requirements with Google Cloud best practices and supported connectivity patterns, including VPC, hybrid, and gateway spokes. [us.bebee.com]

• Design endtoend networking solutions leveraging Network Connectivity Center to centrally manage connectivity across:
  • Google Cloud VPC networks.
  • Onpremises environments.
  • Other cloud providers
• Advise on appropriate use of Cloud VPN, Cloud Interconnect, router appliance spokes, and NCC Gateway based on customer needs. [us.bebee.com], [us.bebee.com].
• Define routing, segmentation, and connectivity strategies that balance performance, security, and operational simplicity.

• Guide customers on integrating security service edge (SSE) solutions using NCC Gateway for secure usertoapplication and crosscloud traffic flows. [us.bebee.com].
• Support customers in understanding NCC access control, permissions, and shared VPC considerations when operating at scale.

• Partner with Google Cloud sales, product, and specialist teams to drive successful customer outcomes.
• Provide feedback to product teams based on customer use cases, architectural challenges, and field insights related to NCC.
• Contribute to internal enablement through documentation, best practices, and reusable reference architectures.

• Support proofs of concept (PoCs) and pilots demonstrating NCCbased connectivity architectures.
• Help customers plan migrations and transitions from legacy network topologies to NCCmanaged architectures.
• Assist customers in operational readiness by explaining observability, logging, and troubleshooting concepts available within NCC and related services.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong experience designing or supporting enterprise networking architectures, including routing, segmentation, and hybrid connectivity.
• Handson knowledge of Google Cloud networking concepts, such as VPCs, routing, VPNs, and interconnect technologies.
• Experience working in customerfacing technical roles (e.g., solution architecture, cloud engineering, technical consulting).

• Experience designing or advising on hubandspoke network architectures in cloud or hybrid environments.
• Familiarity with Network Connectivity Center, including VPC spokes, hybrid spokes, router appliances, and NCC Gateway. [us.bebee.com], [us.bebee.com].
• Understanding of multicloud networking and enterprise WAN transformation patterns.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex networking concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.