Senior Principal Network Architect, Core Architecture

Responsibilities
Provide senior thought leadership and significant technical contributions to help develop target software defined network architectures and recommendations, for the evolution of the network technology stack ,in close collaboration with stakeholders. The Senior Principal will focus at the outset around designing and developing the network operating system and Layers 2-3 of the network, with Layers 4-7 and cloud to follow
Drive cross-stakeholder alignment on network requirements and design trade-offs
Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement by partnering with associate organizations
Provide in-depth technical expertise to identify and evaluate innovations in networking and assess their impact on the network infrastructure of future .
Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects in close collaboration with partners (e.G. Office of the CTO) to deliver tangible outcomes that guide new technology investments and implementation decisions to evolve the network technology stack
Serve as an orchestrator of thinking internally and externally, including in interactions with customers, partners, forums, and open-source/developer communities
Qualifications
Proven years experience
Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
Demonstrable, extensive experience in developing next generation networking technologies and architectures implemented in large-scale, critically important deployments. Examples include:
a proven background in network infrastructure design, engineering, DevOps/operations, security, tooling, networking products/solutions, etc
Top-tier relevant network design or network engineering leadership with software-defined, cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems is essential with detailed knowledge across layers 2-3 control and network data management planes and ideally networking operating systems as well
Substantive knowledge of network (function) disaggregation
Passionate about infrastructure automation through software together with solid hands-on experience of network automation
Experience of engineering with programming languages (Go, Java, Python, etc.) or API development for network automation is a plus
Substantive track record with network programming in C, C++, golang, rust
Experience with network configuration tools such as Netconf, yang
Experience with open networking technologies and ecosystems, such as Routing Daemons (FRR, Bird, GoBGP), Linux Networking (eBPF, VPP, XDP), and SONiC, or other Linux-based open Network Operating Systems
Involvement with modern observability platforms (Prometheus/PromQL, Grafana, gNMI, etc)
Experience with network flow export (Netflow, IPFIX, sFlow) and analysis
Solid understanding of full networking stack (routing, switching and optical networking), including key protocols &
standards, Linux networking and open-source solutions, vendor ecosystems and implementation best practices
Excellent writing and verbal communications skills from engineering to executive
Excellent collaboration and people skills