We are seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and operation of high-performance network infrastructure across large-scale data center and cloud environments. This is a highly strategic technical leadership role focused on defining network architecture, driving long-term infrastructure direction, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of mission-critical networking systems at significant scale.
You will serve as a senior technical authority across networking domains, partnering closely with infrastructure, platform, systems, and hardware teams to solve complex networking challenges and influence the future evolution of our infrastructure platforms.
As a Principal Engineer, you will establish engineering standards, guide cross-functional technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and lead critical architectural decisions across the organization.
This role requires approximately 50% travel to data centers, offices, partner locations, and other sites based on business and project needs.
Lead the architecture, design, deployment,
and operation of large-scale network infrastructure across data center and cloud environments
Define and drive technical strategy for core networking systems and infrastructure platforms
Own architectural decisions across routing, switching, transport, and overlay networking technologies (e.g., Design highly available, scalable, and resilient network systems supporting mission-critical services
Diagnose and resolve complex, cross-layer networking issues spanning hardware, software, systems, and infrastructure domains
Drive network automation, observability, and operational tooling initiatives to improve reliability and efficiency
Establish and evolve network architecture standards, operational best practices, and engineering processes
Lead technical reviews and guide long-term network infrastructure roadmap planning
Mentor senior and staff-level engineers while elevating technical standards ac
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