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Lead Principal Network Engineer

USA💼 Full-time💰 $146,300–$146,300🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, build, and operate large-scale, highly available data-center and cloud network architectures (DR25) including routing, fabrics, and automation.

Role type

Lead Principal Network Engineer (IC5)

Builds

End-to-end physical and logical network architecture, IP routing policies, and network infrastructure-as-code for OCI Dedicated Region25.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Data Center Networking

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

BGP, OSPF, IPv4/IPv6, VxLAN, EVPN, ECMP, TCP/IP, Python, API integration, Git, CI/CD, network automation, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, network security architecture, hardware qualification.

Preferred skills

Network infrastructure-as-code (GitOps, Ansible, Terraform, YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF), streaming telemetry (gNMI, NetFlow), AI-assisted engineering tools, network performance analysis.

Technologies

Python, Git, Terraform, Ansible, Oracle, AI tools

Responsibilities

Own and evolve end-to-end network architecture for DR25; lead cross-functional initiatives from problem definition to production delivery; build and govern network infrastructure-as-code and validation tools; act as senior escalation point for complex incidents; mentor engineers and raise engineering standards; advise leadership on architecture tradeoffs.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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