
Principal Network Manager
Job Description
Posted on: August 6, 2025
đPrincipal Network Engineer â RemoteShape the Future of Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure đ
Are you ready to take the lead in shaping and securing cutting-edge hybrid cloud infrastructure?
We are on the hunt for a Principal Network Engineer who thrives in dynamic environments, takes ownership of outcomes, and excels at building scalable, secure, and highly available systems.
Youâll join a forward-thinking team embracing a hybrid multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-premises ecosystem. This is your opportunity to drive modernisation, steer architecture, and be a hands-on force across infrastructure, automation, observability, and security.
đWhat Youâll Do
⢠Architect and build modern hosting environments from the ground up, with a focus on observability, security, and infrastructure-as-code.
⢠Lead infrastructure design & technical direction, mentoring and guiding junior engineers along the way.
⢠Take ownership of network operations, including switching, routing, firewalls, wireless, VPN, compute, and storage.
⢠Support and transform legacy infrastructure, migrating systems to a cloud-first, automation-driven model.
⢠Partner with DevOps, TechOps, InfoSec, and Engineering teams to ensure systems are resilient, scalable, and secure.
⢠Play a key role in disaster recovery planning, capacity management, and incident response.
⢠Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies that drive business value and operational efficiency.
What You Bring
⢠10+ years in enterprise-level system/network design and support.
⢠Deep expertise in cloud networking (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid environments.
⢠Proven, hands-on experience with:
- Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama â not just basic familiarity, but recent, applied experience across real-world deployments. Looking for depth in areas such as security policies, threat prevention, and traffic segmentation.
- VXLAN and EVPN â youâve worked extensively with these technologies in production, understand the design patterns, and can troubleshoot and scale them in complex environments.
- Juniper switching and routing
- OSPF, BGP
- Enterprise Wi-Fi, NAC, VPNs, and RADIUS/LDAP auth
- Linux/Windows, Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform), and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
- ⢠Strong leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- ⢠A proactive mindset with a bias for action, always looking to improve performance, security, and resilience.
â Bonus Points
⢠Certifications: PCNSE, JNCIP/JNCIE, AWS/Azure certs, CCSP, ITIL
⢠Experience with monitoring, forensic investigation tools, and configuration management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
⢠Familiarity with agile or DevSecOps environments
đĄWhy This Role?
⢠Hands-on, high-impact: You're not just designingâyouâre building, mentoring, and evolving the infrastructure.
⢠Forward-looking tech stack: Embrace modern cloud, automation, and network security technologies.
⢠Hybrid flexibility: Work in a collaborative, adaptable environment that values innovation and ownership.
⢠Lead the change: Help drive the transformation from legacy to modern platforms across global infrastructure.
If you're a technical leader who thrives on challenge, complexity, and continuous improvementâwe want to hear from you.
đApply now and help us build the resilient, secure, and scalable infrastructure of tomorrow.
Apply now
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