Senior Staff Principal Enterprise Network Architect

brk tech, A Berkshire Hathaway Group Company; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

BRK Tech, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company, seeks a Sr Staff Principal Enterprise - Network Engineer to lead enterprise-scale network architecture efforts. You will shape routing, switching, security, and automation across hybrid environments and multi-site deployments.

The role emphasizes Cisco platforms, DDI, SD-WAN, and next‑gen security tooling, with strong collaboration with senior stakeholders and architecture governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with extensive IT experience.
• 9+ years in IT across applications, data, infrastructure and integration.
• 2+ years in related technical work beyond baseline.
• Experience defining enterprise-scale network architectures in complex, hybrid environments.
• Deep Cisco networking expertise (ACI, SD-WAN, Nexus, Catalyst).
• Knowledge of DDI and security/app delivery technologies (Palo Alto, F5).
• Proficiency with BGP/OSPF/EIGRP in multi-site architectures.
• IaC and automation standards for networking; governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern enterprise-scale network architectures for distributed environments.
• Design DDI solutions and architectures and ensure security integration.
• Advance network automation and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Guide hybrid-cloud networking with AWS, Azure, OCI integrations.
• Collaborate with executives and architecture governance processes.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Routing & Switching

Firewalling

VPNs

Load balancing

Cisco (ACI, Nexus, Catalyst)

SD-WAN

Network automation

IaC (Ansible, Terraform, Python)

Hybrid cloud networking

Zero-trust networking

Observability (Prometheus, Grafana)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS or related field

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

BRK Tech, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company, seeks a Sr Staff Principal Enterprise - Network Engineer to lead enterprise-scale network architecture efforts. You will shape routing, switching, security, and automation across hybrid environments and multi-site deployments.

The role emphasizes Cisco platforms, DDI, SD-WAN, and next‑gen security tooling, with strong collaboration with senior stakeholders and architecture governance.