Principal Network Engineer

Description

We take play seriously. We’re looking for curious adventurers ready to find their party, fueled by imagination and drive to build what’s never been built before. At Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams to reimagine our iconic brands and create experiences that spark joy, connection, and community through the magic of play. This is your chance to shape legendary play that lasts a lifetime.

Job Overview

We seek a Principal Network Engineer to serve as the technical lead for our enterprise network transformation. This is the highest-level individual contributor role on the Network Engineering team. You will design the Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) framework, manage our Palo Alto Panorama environment, and make key decisions where complexity and security meet. You will work closely with the Senior Manager of Network & Cloud Infrastructure and partner with Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Infrastructure, and Security teams. Together, you will build a network that verifies identity, checks device posture, and enforces least privilege from edge to cloud, helping our teams around the world create and collaborate securely. You will bring this project to a definitive close.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical expert for the Network 2.0 ZTNA program — own the architecture, lead build reviews, establish engineering standards, and address any critical issues during implementation.
• Build and validate the full ZTNA architecture across all primary and international sites — defining network zones, segmentation policy, and device posture requirements that eliminate lateral movement risk.
• Manage Palo Alto Panorama at the platform level — template hierarchy, device group creation, policy distribution oversight, and configuration drift prevention across all on-premises and cloud-connected Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs).
• Develop the AWS and Palo Alto Panorama cloud integration — detailing how cloud-native firewall policy, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) topology, and on-premises ZTNA fabric combine within a unified enforcement plane.
• Lead the Palo Alto Cloud Identity Engine (CIE) architecture in Year 2, jointly with IAM — build the identity-to-network enforcement model, define the network zone taxonomy, and direct the migration from IP-based user firewall rules to identity-based rules.
• Direct GlobalProtect architecture decisions — agent configuration, split tunneling policy, certificate trust chain, and version compliance standards upheld through Intune.
• Develop and keep current the network architecture documents, decision records, and runbook library that the broader team relies on to carry out tasks. You establish the standard; the team adheres to it.
• Lead the global site topology mapping effort by detailing all international sites. Define the tiered support model and produce the hardware refresh sequencing plan linked to the ZTNA rollout waves.
• Partner with the Automation / Network Reliability Engineer to build self-healing policy frameworks, Panorama API automation patterns, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline standards for network configuration changes.
• Represent Network Engineering in cross-functional architecture reviews alongside IAM, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, and Central Technology — you bring the network angle in conversations where enterprise architecture is decided.
• What You'll Bring
• 10+ years of enterprise network engineering with demonstrated depth in large-scale architecture building — not just operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Palo Alto NGFW and Panorama — template hierarchy, device groups, security policy development, Network Address Translation (NAT), decryption policy, and multi-virtual-system (vsys) environments.
• Proven ZTNA architecture experience — you have built a ZTNA deployment, not just configured one; you understand the segmentation model, the policy logic, and the failure modes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of GlobalProtect — covering agent architecture, gateway configuration, certificate trust, split tunneling policy, and troubleshooting issues across diverse endpoint types on a large scale.
• AWS network architecture hands-on — VPC build, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, AWS Network Firewall, and cloud-native connectivity patterns that integrate with on-premises enforcement.
• Understanding of identity-to-network enforcement patterns — how identity signals (Okta groups, Entra device compliance, CIE) translate into firewall policy and how that architecture scales.
• Grasp of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) concepts and Prisma SD-WAN or equivalent — intelligent path selection, application-aware routing, and WAN optimization in a multi-site enterprise.
• Experience authoring network architecture documentation, design decision records, and engineering standards that other engineers can build against with confidence.
• Ability to work independently as a trusted technical partner to a senior manager — you provide the technical depth so the manager can focus on the program, and you keep work moving without close supervision.
• Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences. You can explain a zone segmentation model to a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and a Panorama template hierarchy to a junior engineer in the same afternoon.
• Professional proficiency in French and English is required for this role. English is necessary to communicate and collaborate regularly with colleagues and leaders based in the United States who primarily work in English.
• What Sets You Apart
• Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Cloud Identity Engine (CIE) — integrating Okta or Entra group membership into NGFW policy enforcement.
• Network automation depth — Python, Ansible, or Panorama API scripting for policy automation, compliance checking, or self-healing configurations.
• Experience in GCP network configuration — VPC Service Controls, Cloud Armor, or hybrid connectivity models connecting GCP and on-premises ZTNA fabric.
• Experience working in a multi-studio, multi-site entertainment or gaming enterprise with geographically distributed international infrastructure.
• Active certifications: PCNSE (Palo Alto Certified Network Security Engineer), ZTNA specialist, or AWS Advanced Networking Specialty.
• Who We Are
• We’re a team of creators, storytellers, and innovators united under the Hasbro family and home to beloved brands, AAA digital games studios and immersive experiences that spark imagination across generations. Together, we’re committed to a culture rooted in creativity, excellence, curiosity, and inclusion, and where every employee is empowered to think boldly, act with integrity, and spark joy for all.
• Hasbro About the Company – Hasbro
• Wizards of the Coast Who We Are – Wizards of the Coast

Conditions

This role is based at our Montreal, Quebec, Canada office and follows a hybrid schedule designed to support in-person collaboration. Employees are expected to work onsite on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with the flexibility to work remotely or onsite on Mondays and Fridays.