Principal Network Engineer, Cloud Networking

Job overview

The Principal Network Engineer, Cloud Networking role is onsite in Morrisville, NC. The target annual base salary range is $225,000–$270,000 (Raleigh, NC range). The role supports Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, a Google first-party service built on NetApp virtual storage and cloud platform technologies. This principal-level engineer sets technical direction for cloud network architecture and reliability, helping prevent network-driven customer impact and strengthen engineering depth across the SRE organization. The role combines architecture, automation, incident leadership, and cross-team partnership to improve secure, resilient cloud services.

What you'll do

• Lead network architecture, fabric design, and hardening across multi-region environments and deployment stamps
• design network and fabric changes, connectivity guardrails, reachability audits, and topology-aware automation
• set architecture standards and lead design and operational readiness reviews
• serve as a senior escalation point during P0/P1 incidents, lead troubleshooting, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• partner with Product Engineering, Support, Google, and other stakeholders
• reduce operational toil and alert noise through automation, observability, and preventive controls
• mentor engineers and conduct code, architecture, and design reviews
• contribute to roadmap and capacity planning and represent the organization in technical forums.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal network engineer

cloud networking

netapp

morrisville nc

onsite

annual salary $225,000-$270,000

google cloud

network architecture

site reliability engineering

network automation

p0/p1 incident response

multi-region cloud

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Comprehensive benefits may include health insurance, life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, performance-based incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and restricted stock units
• offerings vary by region.

Why this role

Technical ownership of network reliability for Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, with cross-company partnership and critical incident escalation.

About the employer

NetApp is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.