Principal Engineer, Network Engineering M&A

Description

The role is a principal-level network position covering mergers, acquisitions, and business separations.

The engineer leads network assessment, architecture, integration, and divestiture work, acts as technical lead on acquired environments, and sets strategy and execution plans that bring them in line with enterprise networking and security standards.

The job mixes hands-on engineering with leading work across infrastructure, security, and M&A teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical due diligence for acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures.
• Review target companies' network setups, including data centers, connectivity, applications, and security designs.
• Build network integration and migration plans for businesses being acquired or divested.
• Engineer secure links between acquired environments and the enterprise network.
• Assess networking technologies against enterprise architecture standards and flag what needs fixing.
• Work with acquisition, security, infrastructure, and business leaders to set integration needs.
• Write technical plans and lead engineering through delivery.
• Spot technical risks, operational dependencies, gaps, and integration costs.
• Use the PADU model (preferred, acceptable, discouraged, unacceptable) to sort target inventories and recommend fixes.
• Propose upgrades that make the network faster, more resilient, more secure, and easier to support.

Requirements

• Principal-level experience in enterprise networking.
• Deep knowledge of network architecture, design, build, and day-to-day running.
• Experience with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large infrastructure overhauls.
• Strong grasp of network security, segmentation, routing, switching, data-center connectivity, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience reviewing infrastructure and producing integration plans you can act on.
• Ability to work alone, lead complex technical work, and persuade technical and business stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with modern engineering practices and Agile.
• Working knowledge of Jira, GitHub, network orchestration, automation, and similar engineering tools.
• Preferred: M&A integration experience in any industry; healthcare experience is beneficial.
• Preferred: Experience running large, complex enterprise environments.
• Preferred: Exposure to data-center consolidation, application integration, and cloud connectivity projects.
• Preferred: Experience with network automation or infrastructure-as-code.
• Preferred: Relevant networking or cloud certifications.

Conditions

Full-time position.

The job profile is a standard reference and may not match exact duties; employment agreements, local terms, collective agreements, and mandatory local law take precedence.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Wellness support covering physical, emotional, financial, and social health.
• Family support including backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building help, behavioral health services, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
• Training, professional development, mentorship, employee resource groups, and volunteer activities.