[Remote] Principal Cloud Network Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Deckers Brands is a company dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where employees can thrive. As a Principal Cloud Network Engineer, you will lead the enterprise networking strategy and ensure secure and scalable connectivity for the company's global operations.
Responsibilities
- Architect and champion the enterprise networking strategy, creating a foundation for seamless, secure, and scalable connectivity that powers Deckers’ global operations
- Set and enforce the gold standard for network design, policies, and guardrails, ensuring every connection is resilient, efficient, and aligned with our business goals
- Lead enterprise-wide governance, driving architecture reviews, design approvals, and operational rituals that foster compliance, innovation, and excellence across teams
- Elevate operational resilience by assuring performance, availability, and recoverability of networking services in AWS, OCI, Azure, and hybrid environments
- Resolve high-impact connectivity challenges, providing decisive technical leadership during critical incidents and implementing solutions that safeguard our business
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, risks, and inefficiencies, continuously improving service continuity, observability, and policy compliance
- Define and deliver Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and self-service networking capabilities, empowering teams to innovate faster and more securely
- Partner with cross-functional teams to translate vision into action, driving adoption of automation, Zero Trust principles, and governed operating models that deliver measurable results
- Inspire a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring Deckers’ network is always ready for what’s next
Skills
- 12+ years in enterprise networking, cloud networking, cloud infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines, including principal-level accountability
- Deep expertise defining and owning enterprise networking strategy across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments
- Skilled in designing scalable cloud network architectures, VPC structures, subnetting strategies, segmentation models, and secure shared-services connectivity frameworks
- Strong understanding of enterprise IPAM practices, AWS IPAM, CIDR allocation strategies, address governance, route management, DNS architecture, and cloud networking standards
- Experienced in implementing Zero Trust networking principles, secure access models, cloud firewall integrations, traffic inspection, and cloud-native security architectures
- Proficient in monitoring, telemetry, logging, performance management, service continuity, disaster recovery, and operational health of cloud networking services
- Skilled in defining requirements, standards, and governance controls for cloud networking automation delivered through Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, APIs, and policy-as-code
- Advanced troubleshooting and analytical skills for diagnosing complex cloud networking, routing, connectivity, segmentation, performance, DNS, and hybrid integration issues
- Demonstrated authority leading architecture review boards, design governance, standards management, and exception processes
- Proven experience setting multi-year roadmaps and leading cloud networking modernization initiatives
- Strong collaboration, communication, and influence skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and partner with cloud providers, MSPs, security organizations, consulting partners, and enterprise stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
- AWS Advanced Networking certification
- Terraform Associate certification
- Cisco CCNP certification
- Cisco CCNA certification
Benefits
- Competitive Pay and Bonuses
- Financial Planning and wellbeing
- Time away from work
- Extras, discounts and perks
- Growth and Development
- Health and Wellness
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