Principal Network Engineer (Cisco / Arista) - Managed Services (REMOTE)
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Principal Network Engineer / Architect - Cisco & Arista (Managed Services)
Remote - United States
Compensation: $180K - $200K base depending on experience
Clients: Enterprise / Global Vertical clients
Overview
We are seeking a Principal Network Engineer / Architect to join a high-performance Managed Services engineering team supporting complex enterprise network environments.
This role is designed for engineers operating at CCIE-level technical depth who specialize in advanced troubleshooting, escalation engineering, and architecture guidance across large-scale Cisco and Arista environments.
The Principal Engineer will serve as the senior technical authority across multiple enterprise clients simultaneously, supporting production networks that span large-scale campus, data center, and WAN infrastructures.
Success in this role requires the ability to context switch across multiple enterprise environments, diagnose complex networking issues quickly, and provide expert-level technical leadership to both internal teams and client engineering organizations.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused heavily on deep technical troubleshooting and escalation support, not a NOC or ticket-processing position.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the Principal escalation engineer across multiple enterprise client environments
- Perform advanced troubleshooting across complex Cisco and Arista production networks
- Lead root cause analysis for high-severity network incidents impacting enterprise environments
- Operate as the technical authority supporting several enterprise infrastructures simultaneously
- Provide architectural guidance across campus, data center, and WAN network designs
- Troubleshoot advanced routing, switching, and overlay networking architectures
- Serve as an internal escalation resource for complex TAC-level networking issues
- Partner directly with enterprise client engineering teams and infrastructure leadership
- Develop documentation, standards, and best practices across managed environments
Technical Requirements - Cisco & Arista Focus
Expert-level networking depth across:
- BGP, OSPF, advanced routing policy and traffic engineering
- EVPN / VXLAN overlay architectures
- Large-scale Layer 2 and Layer 3 troubleshooting
- Enterprise data center networking and spine-leaf fabrics
- High-availability network architecture and multi-site design
Cisco Expertise
- Deep hands-on experience with Cisco enterprise and data center networking including:
- Cisco Nexus 9000 platforms
- Cisco Catalyst 9000 campus environments
- Cisco ACI fabric architectures
- SD-WAN (Viptela or similar)
- Complex enterprise routing and switching environments
Arista Expertise
- Experience designing and troubleshooting modern Arista environments including:
- Arista EOS switching platforms
- EVPN / VXLAN spine-leaf data center fabrics
- Large-scale Arista data center deployments
- Troubleshooting distributed leaf-spine architectures
- Experience with Arista CloudVision is a plus
Ideal Candidate Background
- 10 years of enterprise networking experience
- Engineers operating at CCIE-level depth (certification not required)
- Strong experience in Managed Services, MSP, VAR, or consulting environments
- Proven ability to support multiple enterprise clients simultaneously
- Track record of solving complex production networking issues
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or Fortune 500 infrastructure environments
- Ability to operate independently as a senior technical authority
Role Highlights
- Fully remote within the United States
- Principal-level engineering role with high technical autonomy
- Heavy focus on advanced troubleshooting and escalation engineering
- Work across multiple enterprise environments simultaneously
- Exposure to complex Cisco and Arista production networks
- Competitive compensation aligned with top-tier engineering talent
Interviews are moving quickly for qualified candidates.
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