Principal Network Engineer

Ocho People are proud to be partnering with our client - a fast-growing US payments business - to find a Principal Network Engineer to join their world-class infrastructure team.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role for a true network specialist who thrives in complex, security-driven environments. You'll be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining a next-generation global network spanning multiple data centres and cloud environments.

• Deep, hands-on CLI experience - confident managing and committing complex changes via CLI (not just GUI).
• Strong understanding of why Palo Alto behaves as it does, not just how.
• Experience with Advanced Routing Engine, Threat Prevention, Wildfire, URL Filtering.
• Solid grasp of best-practice configurations for scalable and secure deployments.
• Panorama experience is highly desirable.
• Prisma Access experience preferred (not mandatory).
• Exposure to other Palo Alto products (Prisma Cloud, Cortex XSOAR) a plus.
• Primary : QFX Series switches, MX Series routers, Apstra.
• Secondary (nice to have) : EX, SRX, Mist.
• Proven experience with EVPN / VXLAN / BGP in large-scale enterprise or service provider environments.
• Deep understanding of advanced routing and switching architectures.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across multi-vendor environments.
• Strong design documentation and implementation planning capabilities., * A network engineer at principal or architect level with extensive experience in enterprise-scale or service provider-grade networks.
• Highly detail-oriented with a passion for clean, efficient, and secure configurations.
• Comfortable collaborating across teams in a remote-first, globally distributed environment.