Principal Network Support Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Aug 25, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days
Job Summary
As a Principal Network Support Engineer, the full-time remote position focuses on serving as the senior domain authority on network security, advising the field, guiding customers through complex problems, and troubleshooting integrations with third-party security products.
Key responsibilities
- Review customer firewall rule-bases and network policies to provide prioritized recommendations based on best practices
- Troubleshoot and resolve deep engineering-level customer issues, packaging clear diagnoses and proposed fixes for Engineering
- Coach the Sales Engineering team to effectively communicate network findings and defend recommendations to customer security teams
Required qualifications
- 6+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise network security firewalls and traffic analysis
- Expertise in one or more enterprise firewall ecosystems such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Cisco
- Strong command of TCP/IP and network protocol internals, with experience in analyzing packet captures and device logs
- Experience with cloud network security, including AWS, Azure, and GCP firewall rules
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Networking, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
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