Principal Network Engineer Job at Talent Groups, Plano, TX

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  • Talent Groups
  • Plano, TX

Job Description

Job Description

We have partnered with our client in the search for a Principal Network Engineer who has expertise in data center and on-premises networking. This position is well-suited for an engineer who has stayed grounded in physical infrastructure rather than shifting toward cloud-first environments

Job Type: Contract to Hire or Direct Hire

Job Location: Hybrid - McKinney, TX

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. No Corp to Corp or 3rd party agencies.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, deploy, and maintain high-performance networks across multiple on-premises data centers and hybrid platforms, while applying modern automation and monitoring strategies to ensure stability, scalability, and resilience.
  • Assess and onboard data centers, ISPs, and networking hardware
  • Configure and monitor network infrastructure, ensuring security, performance, and scalability
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools
  • Drive efficient hardware usage through strategic capacity planning
  • Deploy and manage observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana) with alerts for proactive troubleshooting
  • Ensure secure and reliable deployment environments using centralized secrets management and automated patching.

Skills and Experience:

  • Strong knowledge of networking protocols, architecture, services, and security practices
  • Deep understanding of Linux OS internals with a focus on network performance and tuning
  • Experienced in building and managing networking infrastructure across physical data centers and public cloud integrations
  • Hands-on experience with virtualization platforms and tuning for network reliability
  • Experience using monitoring platforms like Datadog, CloudWatch, Site24x7, or Dynatrace
  • Skilled in configuring and troubleshooting network hardware/software and analyzing packet captures
  • Proficiency with container ecosystems (Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, Helm)
  • Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi)
  • Configuration management experience with tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
  • Proficiency with version control tools (Git, Sourcehut, Mercurial)
  • Experience working with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Argo
  • Familiarity with utilizing ticket management systems

Job Tags

Contract work, Shift work,

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