Principal Network Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Network Project Engineer to lead high-impact, global network refresh initiatives across multiple company sites. This role requires extensive experience designing, architecting, and executing next-generation network infrastructures, ideally within manufacturing environments. The Principal Engineer will own strategic decision-making, stakeholder alignment, financial stewardship, and organizational change leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead global network refresh programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business priorities.

• Architect next-generation network solutions, partnering with business owners to analyze the current environment and propose scalable improvements.

• Oversee financial stewardship of the network project budget: resource allocation, cost optimization, and investment prioritization.

• Guide teams and stakeholders through technological and organizational change, ensuring stability and clarity during transitions.

• Manage end-to-end change management including remediation, risk mitigation, documentation, and change control processes.

• Ensure project delivery on time and with high technical quality,

  making critical decisions based on experience and technical judgment.

• Build trusted relationships with IT leaders, business leaders, and cross functional teams.

• Produce high-quality technical documentation, runbooks, and process artifacts.

• Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Technical Skills

• Cisco Routing/Switching/Core Strong expertise

• Ruckus Switch/Core Strong expertise.

• Firewalls: Checkpoint, Cisco, Palo Alto (preferred) 

• Zscaler Zero Trust 

• Strong background in network design, architecture, and project leadership.