Hybrid: Principal Network Architect & Automation Leader

Advance-Auto-Parts; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Advance Auto Parts seeks a Principal Network Engineer to act as the highest technical authority for enterprise networking strategy, standards, and roadmaps. Based in Raleigh, NC, this role shapes governance across retail, distribution, cloud, and remote-access networks.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and lead cross-functional reviews while collaborating with Architecture, Security, Cloud, and Ops to deliver secure, scalable network services for growth and digital transformation.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of enterprise network engineering experience with progressively increasing technical leadership responsibilities.
• Deep experience designing and supporting large-scale SD-WAN, WAN, LAN, wireless, data center, cloud, and hybrid networking environments.
• Advanced expertise in campus, data center, cloud, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, and hybrid networking architectures.
• Expert-level knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, and enterprise routing and switching technologies.
• Certifications CCIE, CCDE, Azure Network Engineer Expert, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, or equivalent expert-level certifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide data to drive enterprise networking strategy, standards, and roadmaps across multiple environments.
• Lead the design and engineering of scalable, resilient networking solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and governance across routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, cloud connectivity, and emerging networking technologies.
• Serve as the highest level of escalation for complex technical issues and major incidents.
• Mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with vendors to evaluate solutions and optimize platform investments.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code strategy and CI/CD pipelines for network deployments.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Automation mindset

Observability and telemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field

Certifications: CCIE/CCDE/Azure Network Engineer Expert/AWS Advanced Networking Specialty

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

APIs

Job description

Advance Auto Parts seeks a Principal Network Engineer to act as the highest technical authority for enterprise networking strategy, standards, and roadmaps. Based in Raleigh, NC, this role shapes governance across retail, distribution, cloud, and remote-access networks.

You will mentor engineers, drive modernization, and lead cross-functional reviews while collaborating with Architecture, Security, Cloud, and Ops to deliver secure, scalable network services for growth and digital transformation.