Principal Network Engineer Routing and Switching

You will be part of our Global Network Services team responsible for implementing maintaining and optimizing our regional/local network infrastructure ensuring high network performance/reliability and delivering critical network services to meet business goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Plan build manage optimize and provide operational support for US/global network infrastructure & services to ensure high resiliency/reliability.
• Provide technical leadership to support complex Manufacturing/Office LAN/WAN/VPN and wireless infrastructure.
• Implement changes to hardware and/or software that improve network performance speed and connectivity.
• Troubleshoot network issues related to BGP OSPF VLAN Spanning Tree WAN network hardware/software wireless etc.
• Align with Global Network Services team to incorporate company standards and preferred practices into local site network builds.
• Ensure local/regional network infrastructure is properly monitored. Act as point of contact and Subject Matter Expert to respond to network incidents/service requests according to Service Level Agreements. 
• Partner with Security or Cyber Defense team to fix detected vulnerabilities with systems and users to maintain high security standard.
• Interact/communicate with vendors service providers peers stakeholders and business units for effective integration/operations of services and systems.
• Lead plan and participate in IT projects and Maintenance Window activities.
• Maintain close collaboration with other global IT functional teams.

Qualifications :

• Minimum 8  12 years professional experience in Network Routing Switching Wireless and Network Security.
• Good understanding of network design practices from small office to large campus.
• Handson experience and indepth knowledge in networking technologies/solutions including BGP OSPF HA VLAN Spanning Tree EtherChannel QoS WAN etc.
• Solid understanding of data center networking technologies and solutions including Cisco/Arista switches WAN routers structured cabling etc.
• Excellent communication skills on technical and nontechnical concepts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to establish professional working relationships with varying levels of both business and technical personnel.
• Good understanding of network utility services including TFTP FTP DNS DHCP NTP SNMP SYSLOG etc.
• Exceptional documentation skills that can clearly articulate technical designs issues and constraints procedures and network assessments.
• Strong project management analytical and problem determination/resolution skills.
• Proactive and resourceful.
• Familiar with network scanning/analysis procedures and toolsets for network readiness assessments.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment is a plus.
• Technical certification such as CCNP/CCIE or equivalent is preferred.

Additional Information :

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees our company our customers and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 1/08/2025 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.  Depending on your role and your performance you may be eligible to participate in our annual LongTerm Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to Western Digitals Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; taxadvantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D legal plan pet insurance critical illness accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program employee stock purchase plan and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.