Senior Network Reliability Architect — Cloud & Automation

Planet Pharma; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma in Alameda, CA seeks a Principal Engineer – Networking to own the current network and security infrastructure and set new standards. You will lead reliability engineering, automation, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, secure networking solutions.

We expect 12+ years in network administration, strong leadership, and experience with cloud platforms and security governance. A Master’s or Bachelor’s in a related field is preferred, with agile, incident-response

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with extensive experience.
• 12+ years in network administration in production environments.
• Leadership and architecture/strategy experience across multiple systems.
• Experience evaluating new platforms and technologies.
• Strong leadership and mentoring experience.
• Familiarity with IT security frameworks and governance models.
• Experience in Agile environments using Jira/JSM.

Responsibilities

• Own reliability engineering for networks with automation-first operations.
• Lead design of automated health checks, telemetry, and alerting.
• Develop and apply network change management with automated validation.
• Mentor engineers on reliability-minded design and incident learning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on strategic technology initiatives.
• Oversee documentation, runbooks, and post-change verifications.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Agile / Scrum

Incident response

Observability

Automation mindset

Cloud networking

Education

Master’s degree in a relevant field

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Associate degree with 15 years experience

Tools

Python/Go

Bash scripting

Ansible

Terraform

GitHub/GitLab

AWS/Azure

Job description

Planet Pharma in Alameda, CA seeks a Principal Engineer – Networking to own the current network and security infrastructure and set new standards. You will lead reliability engineering, automation, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, secure networking solutions.

We expect 12+ years in network administration, strong leadership, and experience with cloud platforms and security governance. A Master’s or Bachelor’s in a related field is preferred, with agile, incident-response