Principal Engineer - Network (Remote)

What you'll do

• Set backbone architecture and multi-year strategy, including traffic engineering, capacity planning, and demand forecasting.
• Lead network hardware selection, automation and telemetry strategy, and major initiatives from funding through operational stewardship.
• Review and set engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and serve as a senior escalation resource in the 24x7 on-call rotation.

What they ask for

• US Citizenship or Green Card holder status.
• 12+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale backbone networks, including global-scale architecture ownership.
• Deep expertise in IP/MPLS and optical transport, plus cloud networking across major hyperscalers and neoclouds.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Experience operating or architecting networks within FedRAMP-authorized environments.
• Track record selecting, testing, and deploying networking hardware and software across major vendors.

Pay

$195,000 - $290,000 per year (base salary)

Tools

Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, GitOps, IS-IS, MP-BGP, SR-MPLS/SRv6, DWDM

AI focus

Apply frontier and open-weight AI models to telemetry analysis, automated triage, and ChatOps; self-host models when sensitive backbone data requires it. Use AI to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.