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Job Title: Principal Cloud Network Engineer
Reports to: Sr. Director, Cloud and Engineering

Location: US - CA Remote Goleta

The Role

As Principal Network Architect, you are the visionary force behind Deckers Brands' global connectivity. You will shape the future of our enterprise networking across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, setting the direction for secure, scalable, and resilient platforms that empower every corner of our business. Your expertise will drive innovation, consistency, and alignment across all technology domains, ensuring our teams are connected, protected, and ready to grow. You'll lead with authority, establishing standards and governance that accelerate our journey toward a cloud-first, agile, and high-performing network landscape. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact-transforming how Deckers connects, collaborates, and thrives.

We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.

Your Impact

• Architect and champion the enterprise networking strategy, creating a foundation for seamless, secure, and scalable connectivity that powers Deckers' global operations.
• Set and enforce the gold standard for network design, policies, and guardrails, ensuring every connection is resilient, efficient, and aligned with our business goals.
• Lead enterprise-wide governance, driving architecture reviews, design approvals, and operational rituals that foster compliance, innovation, and excellence across teams.
• Elevate operational resilience by assuring performance, availability, and recoverability of networking services in AWS, OCI, Azure, and hybrid environments.
• Resolve high-impact connectivity challenges, providing decisive technical leadership during critical incidents and implementing solutions that safeguard our business.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks, risks, and inefficiencies, continuously improving service continuity, observability, and policy compliance.
• Define and deliver Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and self-service networking capabilities, empowering teams to innovate faster and more securely.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate vision into action, driving adoption of automation, Zero Trust principles, and governed operating models that deliver measurable results.
• Inspire a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring Deckers' network is always ready for what's next.

Who You Are

• Experienced network architect with 12+ years in enterprise networking, cloud networking, cloud infrastructure engineering, or related technical disciplines, including principal-level accountability.
• Deep expertise defining and owning enterprise networking strategy across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
• Skilled in designing scalable cloud network architectures, VPC structures, subnetting strategies, segmentation models, and secure shared-services connectivity frameworks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise IPAM practices, AWS IPAM, CIDR allocation strategies, address governance, route management, DNS architecture, and cloud networking standards.
• Experienced in implementing Zero Trust networking principles, secure access models, cloud firewall integrations, traffic inspection, and cloud-native security architectures.
• Proficient in monitoring, telemetry, logging, performance management, service continuity, disaster recovery, and operational health of cloud networking services.
• Skilled in defining requirements, standards, and governance controls for cloud networking automation delivered through Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, APIs, and policy-as-code.
• Advanced troubleshooting and analytical skills for diagnosing complex cloud networking, routing, connectivity, segmentation, performance, DNS, and hybrid integration issues.
• Demonstrated authority leading architecture review boards, design governance, standards management, and exception processes.
• Proven experience setting multi-year roadmaps and leading cloud networking modernization initiatives.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and influence skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and partner with cloud providers, MSPs, security organizations, consulting partners, and enterprise stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent; AWS Advanced Networking, Terraform Associate, Cisco CCNP or CCNA certifications preferred.

What We'll Give You -

• Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We've created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they're valued.
• Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
• Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees' needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
• Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras
• Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That's why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
• Health and Wellness - There's nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.

The salary range posted reflects the estimated minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in:

Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all the other beautiful parts of your identity.