Principal Infrastructure Engineer - Networking
Core
Design, build, and maintain highly stable, resilient network environments supporting mission-critical financial applications in large enterprise data centers.
Role type
Principal Infrastructure Engineer - Networking
Builds
Large-scale, resilient network infrastructure and automation frameworks
Domain
Financial Services / Data Center Networking
Required skills
Network architecture design, Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS), Switching concepts (VLANs, STP, VPC/MLAG), Data center technologies (Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Nexus, ACI, EVPN, VXLAN), Infrastructure automation (Ansible, Terraform, Python, CI/CD), Network as Code (Arista CVP/AVD, Cisco NFM), Incident response, Root cause analysis, Technical leadership, Mentoring
Preferred skills
Experience influencing matrixed organizations, Financial acumen (budgets, P&L), Thought leadership
Technologies
Ansible, Terraform, Python, Cisco, Arista, Nexus, ACI, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, OSPF, IS-IS, CI/CD
Responsibilities
Plan, review, and deliver work across multiple large-scale projects; Lead high-impact initiatives requiring advanced technical knowledge; Mentor and coach junior engineers and technical leads; Collaborate with cybersecurity, application, and cloud teams; Assess technical impacts and recommend mitigation actions; Lead stability and resiliency initiatives including change management and incident response.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
