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From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security, aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.\nIn Romania, we are advancing innovation through software engineering, research and development, delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design, develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries - from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations, to air traffic management systems, satellite-based solutions, tactical indoor simulations, identity and biometric technologies and more.\nThe mission\nA trusted, sovereign Google Cloud region operated end-to-end from within Europe by the joint venture between Thales and Google Cloud. Same Google Cloud power (GKE, compute, data, Vertex AI), European jurisdiction, European operators, Thales-grade cybersecurity.\nIn the last 6 months alone: world-first regulatory qualification (IaaS + CaaS + PaaS in a single decision, SecNumCloud 3.2, December 2025), named 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Sovereign Cloud, 3 data centres, 10,000+ devices, NVIDIA H100 GPU clusters in production, workloads across energy, banking, healthcare, defense.\nWe are standing up the SRE function for this platform from scratch. Bucharest is the primary hub, Q3 / Q4 2026 hiring window. You are joining a greenfield team, not inheriting one.\nWhy this role matters:\nYou will design and operate the network fabric of a sovereign cloud region: SDN control plane, Kubernetes CNI plugins, overlay networks (VXLAN, Geneve), network policies, cloud load balancing, and service mesh integration. 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We hire for depth in at least one area of the stack, breadth in the adjacent ones, and willingness to grow into the rest.\nMinimum 3 years in SRE, Network Engineering, or Platform Engineering with strong networking depth\nHands-on Kubernetes networking (CNI plugins, network policies, service mesh)\nSolid SDN concepts (control/data plane separation, programmable fabric)\nUnderstanding of overlay networking (VXLAN, Geneve, encapsulation)\nAutomation via Terraform or equivalent (network as code)\nExcellent English (international team, follow-the-sun on-call)\nNice to have:\nOpenFlow, P4, or programmable data plane experience\nService mesh in production (Istio, Linkerd, Consul)\nCloud load balancing at scale (GCLB, ALB, or equivalent)\nExperience with regulated environments (banking, healthcare, defense)\nBGP, MPLS, or traditional network engineering background\nWhy join:\nGreenfield SRE function, Bucharest hub. You catch the org before it exists. 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