Principal Network DevOps Engineer

Position Overview

Autodesk is looking for a Principal Network Dev Ops Engineer to join the Global Network Engineering team. Come join us in our journey to provide our customers with a world class SAAS platform, enabling imaginative and industry changing Autodesk products.

Job Requisition

We are looking for passionate engineers who are fascinated by cloud networking, automation, AI‑driven operations, and the technologies behind the Internet, data centers, and cloud computing. The ideal candidate combines strong networking fundamentals with modern Dev Ops practices, cloud architecture expertise, infrastructure automation, software development skills, and technical leadership. This role is responsible for helping define and drive Autodesk’s global cloud networking, automation, and infrastructure engineering strategy.

The team is crucial to the design and deployment of a consistent, stable infrastructure that meets network engineering design standards and product goals. As a member of the Network Engineering Team, you will maintain advanced networking and security technologies, troubleshoot, implement, and improve standards, implementations, and procedures related to cloud and networking technologies, including but not limited to AWS, Azure, LAN/WAN, cloud connectivity, load balancers, firewalls, and network automation platforms.

You will participate in cross‑team and organizational projects, designing, documenting, and implementing new, secure, and automated networking solutions.

• Improve and engage in the entire lifecycle of a network, including inception, network design, qualification, deployment, operation, and optimization
• Work on implementation of Autodesk’s Global Networking backbone strategic infrastructure initiatives
• Define and drive the technical vision, roadmap, and architecture for Autodesk’s global network and cloud connectivity platforms
• Create and update our network standards and ensure that the network is deployed to these standards
• Establish engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices for network automation, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, and cloud networking
• Work closely with our automation teams in defining the tools that allow us to scale at outstanding volume
• Design, develop, and maintain network automation solutions using Python, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, and CI/CD methodologies
• Automate networking related tasks and build self‑service tools
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code using Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar technologies
• Partner with Cloud Engineering, SRE, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to deliver scalable cloud networking solutions
• Manage an enterprise scale SASE solution
• Evaluate and implement AI‑assisted and Agentic AI solutions to improve network operations, observability, troubleshooting, and automation
• Lead cross‑functional initiatives spanning Network Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Security, SRE, Platform Engineering, and AI teams
• Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor for networking, automation, Dev Ops, and cloud infrastructure decisions across the organization
• Participate in organizational objective planning sessions
• Manage relationships with third‑party vendors
• Cross‑train, mentor, and develop teammates while influencing technical direction across multiple teams

• Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 4 - 7 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, networking, network automation, Dev Ops, platform engineering, or related engineering disciplines
• Strong understanding of cloud networking architectures and hybrid connectivity solutions
• Strong proficiency in Python and network automation frameworks such as Ansible
• Experience with Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, source control, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code
• Experience with Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar Infrastructure‑as‑Code technologies
• Experience with BGP peering, routing, and connectivity management in cloud and enterprise environments
• Knowledge of AWS and Azure networking design and services
• Able to design, secure, and automate AWS networking infrastructure
• Demonstrated history of AWS experience with Transit…