Principal Network Engineer
Core
Maintaining and optimizing high-speed network fabrics and topologies for AI server platforms in data centers.
Role type
Principal Network Engineer (Data Center / AI Infrastructure)
Builds
High-performance, non-blocking network fabrics for AI GPU clusters
Domain
AI Computing / Data Center Networking
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
RDMA (ROCEv2, InfiniBand), Lossless Ethernet (PDF, ECN, DCQCN), High-Bandwidth fabrics (400G/800G), CLOS architecture (Spine/Leaf), Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), VXLAN, Cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
NetDevOps (Terraform, Ansible), Scripting (Python, Go, JSON), Advanced Network Telemetry (gNMI, Sflow, Netflow, Prometheus), Hardware expertise (Broadcom, Arista, Cisco, Pensando)
Technologies
ROCEv2, InfiniBand, PDF, ECN, DCQCN, BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go, gNMI, Sflow, Netflow, Redfish, Prometheus
Responsibilities
Maintain network fabrics and topologies at peak performance; Collaborate with architecture teams from concept to deployment; Provide primary support for deployed internal fabrics; Handle escalations for hardware, link, and performance issues; Triage day-to-day network topology issues; Support customer network fabrics
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC