Experience: 12+ Years
Visa: EAD, L2, E2, TN, (No H1B & OPT)
Job Description:
As a Principal Network Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, and managing the organization's local and wide area networks (LAN/WAN) to ensure maximum uptime and optimal performance. Key responsibilities include architecting system configurations, documenting network designs, overseeing the deployment of new infrastructure, and proactively maintaining and upgrading existing systems.
Role and Responsibilities:
Network Architecture & Optimization: Architect, implement, and continuously improve advanced network solutions to drive maximum system efficiency and performance.
Infrastructure Automation & Security: Leverage Google Cloud tools, Terraform, and Ansible to automate the configuration of firewalls, routing, and switching, ensuring peak network security and operational efficiency.
Must Have Skills:
Senior Network Operations: 10+ years of experience in senior role managing and supporting large-scale enterprise networks, including MPLS, WAN, LAN, and Juniper backbone devices, aligned with strategic business objectives.
Network Infrastructure: Advanced proficiency in Juniper JUNOS, Citrix NetScaler, F5 load balancers, and Palo Alto Firewalls.
Cloud Engineering: 3+ years of experience in Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform), AWS, or Azure supporting, optimizing, and maintaining network systems, including terminal servers, monitoring collectors, and CI/CD pipelines for automated patching.
Automation & Scripting: Strong coding and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) skills utilizing Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, and YAML.
Enterprise Network Architecture: Extensive hands-on expertise in the management and development of complex, large-scale enterprise networks, demonstrating a deep understanding of network logic, routing, and system dependencies.
Global Deployments: Proven experience building and scaling network platforms and capabilities within a global networking environment.
Client Onboarding & Customer Success: Strong customer-facing experience, with a proven track record of communicating technical requirements and seamlessly onboarding new customers, clients, or partners into complex enterprise network infrastructures.
Network Monitoring: Proficiency with enterprise monitoring platforms such as LogicMonitor, Statseeker, and SolarWinds.
On-Call Availability: Willingness and ability to work a rotating on-call shift.
Nice-to-Have Skills :
Workflow Automation: Solid hands-on experience in framework development with the ability to architect and achieve end-to-end automation of operational workflows.
Site Reliability: Strong foundational understanding of Network Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.
Certifications: Active Google Cloud (Google Cloud Platform) or Juniper networking certifications.
