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Principal Network Engineer (Portland, OR / SLC, UT) (Hybrid or Remote Options Available) # 114149

**Date:** Oct 2, 2025

**Location:** Portland / Salt Lake City, OR, US, 97232

**Company:** PacifiCorp

POWER YOUR GREATNESS

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.

General Purpose

This position leads the design, standardization, implementation and evolution of secure enterprise network infrastructure to continuously improve efficiency and reliability of IT services across on-premise and cloud environments. This position serves as a technical lead within the organization and is a subject matter expert for the team in one or more business critical skillsets.

Responsibilities

+ Serves as enterprise-wide subject matter expert for network design, standards, and operations. Leads the development and execution of network transformation implementation, including data center modernization, cloud connectivity, and secure edge networking. Provides technical mentorship to network engineers and cross-functional teams.

+ Champion network inventory management processes, automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible, Python, and other tools to reduce manual effort and improve network agility through programmatic means.

+ Define and enforce network engineering standards, best practices and operational procedures.

+ Develop and maintain comprehensive well-documented detailed designs, standards, and diagrams.

+ Stay current on vendor product roadmaps and maintain escalation points with key vendors to ensure a consistent focus on the technical roadmap and future technology enhancements.

+ Analyze and test new technology trends validating the impact to cloud strategy and reduction to overall TCO.

+ Perform research of new technologies and make recommendations to organizational management on new solutions.

+ Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud, application and infrastructure teams to ensure cohesive and secure network integration.

+ Act as key liaison with vendors, partners, and service providers for technology evaluation and support.

+ Present technical strategies and project updates to executive leadership and stakeholders.

+ Provides technical input to assist in development of project planning.

+ Performs additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

Requirements

+ Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically, 5 years of additional related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor’s degree.)

+ Ten years of experience implementing and running large-scale enterprise IT network in network engineering with at least 3 years in a lead role.

+ Proven experience with network automation and scripting such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, or purpose-built applications for same.

+ Expert-level knowledge of multiple areas of technology, including Cisco technologies (ACI, SD-WAN, Nexus, Catalyst and wireless solutions), Palo Alto firewalls, F5 load balancers.

+ Strong understanding of dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers.

+ Experience with hybrid cloud networking and integrations with AWS, Azure, OCI.

+ Effective oral and written communication skills.

+ Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.

+ Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently.

Preferences

+ Cisco certifications (CCIE, CCNP Enterprise/Data Center)

+ Experience with network observability and monitoring tools (SolarWinds, et al.)

+ Familiarity with SD-WAN, Zero Trust and SASE architectures

Additional Information

Req Id: 114149

Company Code: PACIFICORP

Primary Location: Portland / Salt Lake City

Department: PacifiCorp Corporate

Schedule: FT

Personnel Subarea: Exempt

Hiring Range: $137,000 - $161,200

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 20.00% of salary.

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en\_US

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.