Principal Infrastructure Engineer - Data Center Networking

About This Role

Leveraging extensive knowledge of software, applications, and technical systems, this Principal Infrastructure Engineer will contribute to the development of technical methods in data center networking. The role involves applying in-depth expertise and problem-solving methodologies to plan, accomplish, and review tasks across multiple large-scope projects in various technical areas within the Data Center Networking group.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve problems of high complexity associated with infrastructure engineering technology
• Apply extensive in-depth expertise and problem-solving to accomplish, plan, and review tasks across multiple large scope projects and businesses/domains to influence, manage and implement functional technology platforms
• Be responsible for high impact projects requiring deep technical expertise and leadership
• Partner across other platforms to architect and implement changes required to resolve issues and modernize the organization and its technological processes
• Drive thought leadership within the product line and/or platform
• Consider extensive upstream/downstream system or technical implications and advise on mitigation actions
• Consider financial implications of staffing, budget, and relevant profit and loss
• Mentor and coach junior engineers and technologists
• Deliver and maintain highly stable and resilient network environments supporting mission-critical financial applications
• Partner with cybersecurity, application, and cloud teams to ensure robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure designs
• Lead and mentor a global team of network engineers and technical leads; develop talent and build succession plans

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field or formal training or certification in infrastructure disciplines and 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in network architecture, design, and engineering within large enterprises
• Deep technical expertise in data center networking technologies: Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Nexus, ACI, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, etc.
• Hands-on experience with routing technologies: BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS
• Knowledge of switching concepts: VLANs, STP, VPC/MLAG, stacking
• Practical experience with Cisco and Arista platforms (e.g., Nexus Series, Catalyst)
• Strong experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python, CI/CD pipelines) for network infrastructure
• Experience with Arista CVP, AVD, Cisco NFM, Cisco Network as Code
• Demonstrated success in leading stability and resiliency programs including change management, incident response, and RCA
• Experience leading complex projects supporting infrastructure engineering design, scaling, resilience, and system performance assessments