Principal Network Engineer
Job Overview
The Principal Network Engineer at KLDiscovery is responsible for the availability, security, and performance of the company's global network infrastructure. This role involves leading complex network initiatives, serving as the senior escalation point, and providing technical direction to the Networking team.
Essential Job Functions
Network Domain Authority, Zero Downtime Strategy & EA Conformance
SDWAN Strategy & Network Security Architecture
Senior Escalation, Incidents & Vendor Strategy
Input provider to the Enterprise Architecture Team, Cross-Team Leadership, Projects & Documentation
Capacity Planning & Lifecycle Management
Skills & Qualifications
8+ years in enterprise network engineering with architectural ownership across global WAN, LAN, firewall, SDWAN, and datacenter environments
Expert-level knowledge of WAN protocols: MPLS, OSPF, BGP, SD-WAN, PTPs
Expert-level knowledge of Layer 2 technologies: STP, VPC, MLAG, 802.3ad, ARP
Expert-level knowledge of load balancing, NAT/PAT, ACLs, and traffic shaping
Demonstrated experience designing and owning global enterprise network infrastructure with availability and resilience as primary design criteria
Expert-level network security design: zero-trust principles, segmentation strategy, firewall policy frameworks, and VPN architecture
Proactive remediation planning for hardware and software lifecycle management
Rapidly isolating root cause across complex multi-domain network environments using structured diagnostic methods and tool-driven analysis
Bandwidth modeling, growth forecasting, and infrastructure constraint identification across enterprise WAN, LAN and datacenter environments
Experience supporting 24x7 global production environments; on-call availability required
Preferred Skills
CCNP/CCIE or equivalent certifications
ITIL V3/4
Experience with Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto Networks, and/or HPE Aruba
SDWAN platform experience (Silver Peak/HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, or equivalent)
Cloudflare or equivalent cloud-delivered security/network services experience
Azure and/or AWS cloud networking experience
Prior experience in eDiscovery, legal technology, or a similarly regulated environment