Principal Network Infrastructure Engineer - Carlsbad, CA
Full Time • BELLEVUE
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
Role: Principal Network Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Carlsbad, CA (Onsite)
Location: Carlsbad, CA (Onsite)
We are seeking a Principal Network Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and support a high-performance, low-latency global network. This role is critical to ensuring resilient connectivity, strong security, and maximum uptime for online services and corporate systems in a distributed environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain global WAN, LAN, and data center network architecture.
- Optimize network performance for latency-sensitive production environments.
- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
- Manage and harden firewalls and security appliances such as Palo Alto and Cisco ASA.
- Lead network incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and drive permanent corrective actions.
- Support hybrid cloud networking, including AWS VPC, Direct Connect, and VPN connectivity.
- Implement redundancy and failover strategies (e.g., HSRP, VRRP) to ensure high availability.
- Evaluate, recommend, and implement SD-WAN solutions to improve resiliency and operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- 8–12 years of network engineering experience in enterprise or large-scale environments.
- Strong expertise in routing/switching, network architecture, and hands-on troubleshooting.
- Experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto technologies in production environments.
- Cloud networking experience, with AWS preferred (VPC design, connectivity, routing, security).
- Familiarity with load balancing solutions (e.g., F5) is a plus.
- Proven experience operating in high-availability, global environments with strong reliability expectations.
Compensation: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour
AES is a premier technology consulting company that brings together businesses and talent to deliver the most innovative technology solutions that create the most positive impact to society.
In the last 20 years, we have developed innovative best-in-class technology solutions to the world’s forward-thinking companies on four key service areas:
- Customer Experience: engaging customers with differentiating digital experiences to sustain
business relevance
- Employee Experience: enabling employees to learn, collaborate, and grow to sustain business
performance
- Business Solutions: transforming and optimizing business operations to sustain business resilience
- Emerging Technology: exploring and adopting emerging technology to transform business model
Our team ensures that your favorite coffee shop has the right amount of people serving you at any given time. Our team ensures that the governance board of a global company has the right ESG insights to make the most sensible actions for the world. The list goes on and on. At the core of
what we do is creating the future that is right for everyone, with the right technology, and with the right talent.
In the last 20 years, we have developed innovative best-in-class technology solutions to the world’s forward-thinking companies on four key service areas:
- Customer Experience: engaging customers with differentiating digital experiences to sustain
business relevance
- Employee Experience: enabling employees to learn, collaborate, and grow to sustain business
performance
- Business Solutions: transforming and optimizing business operations to sustain business resilience
- Emerging Technology: exploring and adopting emerging technology to transform business model
Our team ensures that your favorite coffee shop has the right amount of people serving you at any given time. Our team ensures that the governance board of a global company has the right ESG insights to make the most sensible actions for the world. The list goes on and on. At the core of
what we do is creating the future that is right for everyone, with the right technology, and with the right talent.
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