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Principal Escalations Engineer

Office - USA - CA - Headquarters💼 Full-time💰 $156,400–$156,400🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Technical pivot point translating complex field signals into learning for a self-improving AI support system and actionable engineering insights.

Role type

Principal Escalations Engineer (SRE)

Builds

Agentic AI troubleshooting workflows, structured playbooks, and deterministic tool calls for customer co-pilots.

Domain

Cybersecurity / Network Security / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | client delivery

Required skills

L1–L7 networking, routing, switching, IPSEC, PKI, SSL, hardware/software/cloud troubleshooting, PCAP analysis, Python scripting, root-cause isolation

Preferred skills

Multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), SASE, CASB, SWG, RAG knowledge base curation, function-calling schemas, evaluation benchmarks

Technologies

Wireshark, tcpdump, AWS, Azure, GCP

Responsibilities

Diagnose defects and drive resolution for complex customer escalations alongside AI tools; define autonomous AI troubleshooting workflows and guardrails; author structured playbooks and tool definitions for support engineers and AI agents; embed serviceability into early product design phases.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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