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Principal Cloud Network Engineering Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a diverse engineering team focused on AI-driven security operations, network defense, and automated threat response.

Role type

Principal Cloud Network Engineering Manager (People Management & Strategy)

Builds

Scalable engineering systems for AI-assisted threat detection, security analytics, automated investigation, response orchestration, and remediation.

Domain

Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Defense

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

People management, strategic planning, AI/ML integration, network defense architecture, incident response leadership, cross-functional collaboration, security compliance, automation design, executive communication, risk management

Preferred skills

Security research, vulnerability management, agentic workflows, threat hunting, defense-in-depth architecture

Technologies

Kusto/KQL, Azure Data Explorer, Power BI, TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, OSPF, Azure, Python, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and retain a diverse engineering team; drive strategy and execution for AI-assisted security operations; build scalable engineering systems using telemetry and agentic workflows; lead network defense programs including vulnerability management and device security posture; provide technical and organizational leadership during complex security incidents; resolve cross-organizational differences and deliver measurable improvements in risk reduction and operational efficiency.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with people management

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