Lila Sciences
Principal Network Engineer
$171K–$231K
Cambridge, MA USA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA - Experience
- Typically 10+ years of progressive network engineering experience, or equivalent depth in designing and operating multi-site networks.
About the job
Own and scale Lila Sciences’ multi-site network architecture, security, operations, and engineering function across corporate, lab, and OT environments.
What you'll do
- Set the global network architecture and roadmap, including segmentation, secure remote access, monitoring, and infrastructure migrations.
- Lead complex incident response, establish standards and runbooks, and manage network MSPs and vendors.
- Partner with security, identity, endpoint, and OT teams; mentor engineers and advise on lab expansions.
What they ask for
- Deep hands-on expertise with SD-WAN/SASE platforms and enterprise networking, including firewalls, routing, switching, VLANs, and subnetting.
- Experience securing and connecting corporate IT and OT, industrial, or lab-instrumentation networks.
- Practical experience with network segmentation, zero-trust concepts, and secure remote access.
- Proven ability to manage MSPs and vendors and troubleshoot production-impacting network issues.
Nice to have
- Experience in life sciences, biotech, pharma, advanced manufacturing, lab automation, or robotics.
- Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE or JNCIP/JNCIE; cloud networking or network infrastructure-as-code experience.
Pay
$171,000 — $230,534 USD (base salary)
Tools
SD-WAN/SASE, Cato Networks, CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Terraform
AI focus
No direct AI development work is stated; the network supports AI Science Factories and autonomous labs.
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