Snowflake（雪花计算）岗位：Staff Network Engineer
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
Staff Network Engineer
Location:MPK/Bellevue/Dublin
Snowflake's Enterprise Technology Network Servicesteam is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, operation, and optimization of our Zero Trust and secure-access platform. This role is Zscaler-centric — you will own the health, performance, and roadmap of our ZIA/ZPA deployment — while working across a modern, multi-cloud network stack that supports a global workforce of 10,000+ users. You'll be the escalation point for the most complex connectivity issues and a driver of automation and observability across the environment.
What You'll Do
Own and operate the
Zscaler
platform (ZIA, ZPA, ZDX, ZCC) end-to-end, including policy frameworks, app-segmentation models, PAC/traffic-forwarding standards, App Connector topology, and NSS/log-streaming design.
Troubleshoot
secure-access incidents like tunnel flapping, broker/connector health, SSL inspection edge cases, DNS/DTLS failures, and lead root-cause analysis for systemic issues.
Manage
Palo Alto
firewalls,
Panorama
and
GlobalProtect
VPN, while planning migration toward Zscaler solutions.
Support
Aruba
(Central) Wireless,
Ekahau
and
Cisco
Catalyst switches globally.
Design, install, and configure network devices and ISP circuits at new offices.
Build
automation
and
observability
: leverage log analytics (we run our network telemetry through Snowflake) to create dashboards, alerting, and proactive detection.
Troubleshoot secure
Network constructs
in
AWS
,
Azure
, and
GCP
such as NVAs, NSG, VPC, UDR, DirectConnect, ExpressRoute.
Author technical runbooks, escalation procedures, and knowledge-base content.
Participate in
on-call rotations
for the changes and lead responses to major network incidents.
Be able to
travel internationally
for short periods of time for site builds.
What You'll Bring
At least 10 years
of enterprise network infrastructure experience, including
3+ years
of hands-on
Zscaler ZIA/ZPA
design and deployment at scale.
Recognized depth in
Zero Trust / SASE
architecture with expertise in
ZTNA
, proxy/SWG, SSL inspection, and cloud security.
Hands-on
Palo Alto
(PAN-OS, GlobalProtect, Panorama) and enterprise VPN experience.
Aruba
wireless and
Cisco
LAN/WAN (routing, switching, 802.1x) fundamentals.
Strong TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, TLS/DTLS, BGP, and QoS troubleshooting skills.
Multi-cloud (
AWS/Azure/GCP)
networking and site-to-cloud connectivity experience.
Automation
mindset:
Python
scripting, API config, and log observability (SQL/Snowflake a plus).
Strong ITSM management, documentation, and communication skills.
Nice to Have
Certifications:Zscaler (ZCCA-IA/PA, ZDTA), Palo Alto (PCNSE), Aruba (ACMA/ACMP), or Cisco (CCNA/CCNP).
Experience migrating legacy VPNs (GlobalProtect) to ZPA.
Familiarity with SASE and network-as-code/IaC (Terraform).
Experience operating in high-growth SaaS or cloud-native environments.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information:
The estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $210,000.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive
benefits
package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
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