Principal Network Engineer at SoapBox London
London, Bristol - England, United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Dec, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

02 Sep, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Description

About You


Required Experience


  • 10+ years of network engineering experience, with significant depth in HPC, AI, hyperscale, or large-scale data centre environments.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with RDMA-aware networking for AI/HPC workloads, including InfiniBand and/or RoCE.
  • Experience with subnet managers and fabric orchestration technologies such as OpenSM or NVIDIA UFM.
  • Expert-level understanding of modern data centre routing and control planes, including BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and Clos/spine-leaf architectures.
  • Production experience with network platforms such as Cumulus, Nokia, or Arista EOS.
  • Strong network automation expertise using Python and Ansible.
  • Experience with Git-based workflows and modern Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD tooling such as Terraform, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
  • Deep experience designing and engineering firewall infrastructure using platforms such as Juniper SRX and/or Palo Alto.
  • Experience designing telemetry and observability solutions for high-throughput, performance-sensitive environments.
  • Proven ability to lead complex technical decisions and incidents across multiple engineering disciplines.

Architecture & Technical Leadership


  • Demonstrated experience defining network architecture, engineering standards, and technical strategy beyond a single project or data centre.
  • Ability to balance performance, reliability, operability, scalability, and delivery velocity when making technical decisions.
  • Experience influencing engineering teams and technical direction without formal authority.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to engineers, operators, and senior stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to mentor and develop other engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, incident leadership, and knowledge sharing.

Personal Attributes


  • Deeply technical and comfortable remaining hands-on at Principal level.
  • Highly analytical with a structured approach to solving complex infrastructure problems.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities and requirements evolve quickly.
  • Pragmatic and able to balance architectural excellence with business and delivery requirements.
  • Passionate about building next-generation infrastructure for AI and ML at scale.

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