What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Principal Cloud Network Engineer position at Jobright.ai?
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Job Summary:
U.S. Bank is on a journey to help customers and businesses make better financial decisions. The Senior Principal Cloud Network Engineer will lead the design and integration of hybrid cloud network architectures, drive innovation in network security automation, and mentor junior engineers.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as the technical leader and subject matter expert for the design, integration, and lifecycle management of on-prem and hybrid cloud network architectures.
• Lead major data center consolidation, migration, and cloud integration projects, including vendor coordination and technical oversight.
• Design and deploy scalable hub-and-spoke hybrid cloud networks using AWS (Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Route53, VPC), ensuring secure and performant connectivity between cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation workflows using Python, Terraform, Ansible, and REST APIs to enable self-service provisioning, DNS/firewall automation, and policy migration.
• Collaborate with InfoSec to define and implement identity-based network access models, replacing legacy static IP-based rulesets.
• Drive disaster recovery and high-availability network strategies, including testing and coordination with business continuity teams.
• Provide Tier 3 escalation support and deep-dive packet analysis across complex network environments involving Cisco, Arista, and CheckPoint platforms.
• Partner with application and platform teams to implement automated infrastructure provisioning and enforce network and security best practices.
• Serve as a mentor to junior engineers, helping to uplift architectural thinking and automation capabilities across the org.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• 10 or more years of relevant experience
Preferred:
• 10 years of experience in enterprise networking, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
• Proven success leading large-scale network transformations across data centers and cloud.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS networking services including Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, Route53, Lambda, Step Functions, and API Gateway.
• Expertise in scripting and network automation using Python, Terraform, Ansible, and ServiceNow integration.
• Deep knowledge of firewall policy design and migration (Cisco ASA, CheckPoint), IPSec/DMVPN tunnels, and BGP/OSPF routing.
• Experience with load balancers (F5, Cisco ACE), Cisco Nexus/Catalyst, and Arista platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud-based DNS recovery workflows and disaster recovery strategy design.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities, with ability to lead root cause analysis using network packet tools and protocol inspection.
• Certifications (even if expired) in AWS, Cisco (CCNP/CCDA), and CheckPoint (CCSE) are a plus.
Company:
At U.S. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Public Company.
