Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Yahoo is a leading technology company known for its email service, Yahoo Mail, which serves hundreds of millions of users. They are seeking a Principal Cloud Network Engineer to lead their GCP networking strategy, overseeing the full lifecycle from requirements gathering to implementation and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end network architecture strategy: gather requirements from product, engineering, and operations teams, then translate them into comprehensive GCP networking designs
- Lead architectural decisions across VPC topology, Cloud Interconnect, load balancing, and service mesh strategy — balancing performance, security, cost, and operational complexity
- Design and implement Infrastructure as Code frameworks using Terraform that scale across multiple GCP projects and regions, setting standards for the entire infrastructure organization
- Mentor and guide the networking pod through complex design challenges, code reviews, and architectural decisions
- Partner with security and compliance teams to evolve network security and compliance as business requirements change
- Drive observability strategy — define what gets monitored, build dashboards and alerting frameworks, and establish SLOs for network reliability
- Make trade-off decisions between architectural purity and operational pragmatism; communicate those trade-offs to leadership
- Use AI-driven tools to accelerate design iteration, code generation, and problem analysis — staying ahead of how AI can improve engineering velocity
- Lead incident response for critical network outages; drive systemic improvements from post-mortems
- Define hiring, onboarding, and technical growth paths for the networking team
Skills
- 8+ years in cloud or network engineering, with at least 4 years at a principal or staff-equivalent level owning networking strategy at scale
- Expert-level mastery of GCP networking: VPC architecture, Cloud Interconnect, Cloud VPN, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud Router, service mesh design
- Deep understanding of networking fundamentals: BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, DNS, routing protocols, and how they interact in cloud environments
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture — you think in terms of outcomes, not just tools
- Strong systems thinking: you understand how networking decisions cascade across security, cost, reliability, and developer experience
- Demonstrated mentorship and leadership experience; you've grown junior engineers into senior contributors
- Comfortable with ambiguity and long-term vision: you can define strategy when requirements are evolving
- Proficiency with Terraform at scale; experience building reusable, well-documented infrastructure modules
- Hands-on technical skills remain sharp: you write code, design systems, and debug issues yourself
Benefits
- Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions
- Healthcare
- A great 401k
- Backup childcare
- Education stipends
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