Principal Network Engineer (Transport Engineering)

MKS Instruments

18h•$120,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Principal Network Engineer at MKS Inc, you will serve as a global technical leader for transport engineering, circuit architecture, carrier connectivity, and transport standards across the enterprise. In this role, you will define and govern standards for circuit ordering, carrier diversity, path redundancy, WAN resilience, acceptance testing, and ongoing validation to ensure reliable, scalable, and operationally resilient network connectivity across global operations. You will report to the Senior Manager, Network Engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of progressive experience in transport engineering, telecommunications, carrier connectivity, WAN services, or circuit lifecycle management
Deep experience with circuit technologies such as DIA, MPLS, Ethernet, broadband, wavelength services, cross-connects, cloud on-ramps, and private connectivity
Strong understanding of carrier ordering processes, service delivery milestones, LOA/CFA workflows, demarcation coordination, circuit acceptance, and provider escalation models
Expertise in designing resilient transport solutions using diverse carriers, diverse physical paths, redundant access models, and validated failover requirements
Experience developing engineering standards, implementation templates, test plans, acceptance criteria, operational runbooks, and lifecycle management processes
Advanced troubleshooting skills for transport-layer issues including latency, jitter, packet loss, asymmetric routing, MTU, carrier handoff, and failover behavior
Working knowledge of WAN routing concepts, carrier handoffs, redundancy models, QoS considerations, and enterprise connectivity design as they relate to transport services
Ability to influence technical direction, mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and drive alignment across global infrastructure and operations teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical transport requirements into business risk, resiliency, and cost considerations

Nice To Haves

Experience with global transport transformation, carrier migrations, circuit refresh programs, SD-WAN underlay readiness, and WAN service modernization initiatives
Experience supporting transport requirements for cloud connectivity solutions such as AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, private cloud interconnects, and internet egress design
Experience managing global carriers, telecom vendors, managed network providers, and escalation processes for critical circuit and transport issues
Familiarity with circuit inventory management, cost optimization, contract lifecycle awareness, decommission tracking, and telecom expense management processes
Experience with monitoring and performance tools used to validate circuit availability, utilization, latency, jitter, packet loss, route stability, and failover performance
Relevant certifications or training in telecommunications, carrier Ethernet, MEF, cloud connectivity, WAN services, or equivalent transport engineering disciplines

Responsibilities

Leading global transport engineering strategy, standards, and architecture for enterprise WAN, internet, cloud, and inter-site connectivity
Owning standards for circuit ordering, carrier selection, bandwidth sizing, service types, demarcation requirements, and handoff expectations
Defining and enforcing carrier diversity, last-mile diversity, POP diversity, path diversity, and redundancy requirements for critical sites and services
Developing transport testing standards, including circuit acceptance testing, failover validation, redundancy testing, performance baselining, and recurring resiliency checks
Providing technical oversight for circuit lifecycle management from business requirements and design through ordering, implementation, turn-up, documentation, support, and decommissioning
Partnering with carriers, managed service providers, sourcing, facilities, security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable global connectivity solutions
Driving standardization of transport documentation, topology diagrams, circuit inventories, escalation paths, and operational handoff requirements
Serving as a senior escalation point for complex transport, carrier, routing, latency, packet loss, diversity, and resiliency issues