Top 21 Principal infrastructure engineer Jobs in Columbus

Principal Network Engineer - AI Infrastructure
CVS Health —Columbus, OH
- $144,200 - $288,400 a year
- Full-time
- System design
- HIPAA
- Research
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
Infrastructure Engineer Principal
AEP Service Corporation —Gahanna, OH
- $98,993 - $128,688 a year
- Full-time
- 7 years
- Computer Science
- Analysis skills
- Tuition reimbursement
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Principal Application Engineer
Qualdoc —Columbus, OH
- From $100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Travel
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Principal AI Engineer
The Hartford —Columbus, OH
- $168,400 - $252,600 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Azure
- Computer Science
- System design
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Principal Automation Systems Engineer, NA
Vantage Data Centers Management Company LLC —Columbus, OH
- $155,000 - $165,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Ability to climb stairs
- Quality control
- Travel
- AD&D insurance
- Disability insurance
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Principal Engineer II - Digital Banking Platform
Western Alliance Bank —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Computer science
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Wellness program
- Health insurance
Principal Engineer I - Azure Cloud Engineer
Western Alliance Bank —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Office
- 8 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Wellness program
- Health insurance
Principal Cloud Engineer
NiSource —Columbus, OH
- $113,500 - $200,100 a year
- Full-time
- Azure
- AWS
- Bachelor's degree
5d
Principal Network/ Systems Engineer
Koniag Government Services —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Windows
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
Principal Engineer - Land Development
T&M Associates —Columbus, OH
- $105,000 - $135,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Office
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Digital - Principal SRE (AI Engineer)
Huntington Bank —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- 5 years
- DevOps
Sr. Principal Engineer Mechanical Engineering
Vertiv —Columbus, OH
- Bachelor of Science
- Travel
- Mentoring
1h
Senior Principal Engineer
Hazen and Sawyer —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Bachelor of Science
- Office
- Travel
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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Principal Engineer- Civil
ANS —Columbus, OH
- $160,000 - $180,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- 11+ years
- Mentoring
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
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Principal Electrical Engineer
Vertiv —Westerville, OH
- $160,000 - $240,000 a year
- Bachelor of Science
- 11+ years
- Team management
- Profit sharing
- Paid holidays
Principal Engineer I - AML and Fraud
Western Alliance Bank —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Azure
- Management
- 5 years
- Wellness program
- Health insurance
1d
Senior or Principal Engineer - Traffic
Toole Design Group LLC —Columbus, OH
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Office
- Supervising experience
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
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Sr. Principal Mechanical Research Engineer
Vertiv —Delaware, OH
- Full-time
- 5 years
- Office
- Master's degree

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Principal Network Engineer - AI Infrastructure

CVS Health -
Columbus, OH

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Job Details

Full-time
$144,200 - $288,400 a year

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Qualifications

Data center experience
Load balancers
Telecommunications network performance monitoring
IT system monitoring
System design
System design for system development
Design engineering
Network routing
Network monitoring tools
Cloud network integration
System tuning
System performance monitoring

Full Job Description

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Position Summary

The Principal Network Engineer – AI Infrastructure plays a key role in building the high‑performance network infrastructure that powers the organization’s AI and GPU‑driven workloads. This position is responsible for designing and delivering scalable data center solutions that support large‑scale training and inference platforms. By leveraging modern architectures such as leaf‑spine fabrics, and aligning with leading vendor and industry reference designs, the role helps enable reliable, high‑throughput environments that directly support critical business initiatives.

Working closely with engineering, platform, and security partners, this role helps connect network, compute, and security capabilities into a cohesive, high‑performing ecosystem. In addition to hands‑on technical contribution, the position provides guidance on best practices, supports the development of other engineers, and helps shape the future direction of the organization’s AI infrastructure. Through continuous improvement, thoughtful design, and a focus on performance and resilience, this role contributes to a secure and scalable foundation that supports long‑term growth and innovation.

Role Responsibilities:

Collaboration & Expertise

Partner with compute, storage, platform, and security teams to design integrated AI infrastructure solutions.
Serve as a senior technical authority aligning network designs with NVIDIA, Cisco, and industry reference architecture.
Influence enterprise network and security strategy through collaboration with engineering leadership and stakeholders.

Analysis & Configuration

Design and implement high-performance data center networks optimized for AI/GPU workloads, including leaf‑spine and EVPN/VXLAN fabrics.
Integrate networking with GPU clusters and high-performance storage systems supporting training and inference workloads.
Optimize network performance (latency, throughput, congestion) for large-scale distributed environments.
Evaluate and deploy advanced networking technologies to improve scalability, reliability, and security.

Operational Support

Support 24/7 infrastructure operations, including on-call responsibilities across cloud, on-prem, and colocation environments.
Lead incident response and resolution for network-related issues, driving root cause analysis and resilience improvements.

Mentorship and Training

Mentor and develop engineers, promoting best practices in networking and security.
Support knowledge sharing through training sessions and technical enablement.

Innovation and Research

Evaluate and adopt emerging AI infrastructure and networking technologies (e.g., high-speed interconnects, next gen switching).
Contribute to research, innovation, and continuous improvement of network and security capabilities.

Strategic Planning

Define and drive the data center network strategy supporting AI/ML platforms and business initiatives.
Establish standards and reference architecture aligned with industry best practices.
Guide long-term roadmap decisions, balancing performance, scalability, security, and risk.

Required Qualifications

10+ years of experience in network engineering, with at least 5+ years in a leadership, architectural, or lead engineering role delivering enterprise or cloud network initiatives end-to-end.
5+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale data center networks, including Layer 2/3 architectures (leaf-spine/Clos), EVPN/VXLAN overlays, and high-speed networking (100/200/400Gb+).
5+ years of experience with enterprise routing, switching, and network platforms, including Cisco-centric data center fabrics, protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, STP), and hybrid connectivity (SD-WAN, VPN, remote access).
5+ years of experience implementing network security technologies, including Palo Alto Networks firewalls (required), NGFW, IDS/IPS, ZTNA, DLP, and micro-segmentation, with understanding of application-aware and zero trust architectures.
3+ years of experience supporting AI/ML or GPU-based environments, including NVIDIA reference architectures and performance-optimized networking for distributed training workloads (e.g., traffic flow optimization, congestion management).
3+ years of experience with application delivery and observability technologies, including F5 load balancing, network performance monitoring tools (e.g., NetFlow, Wireshark, SolarWinds), and traffic analysis for performance tuning.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing and supporting AI factory / GPU cluster environments at scale (training and inference platforms).
Familiarity with high-performance compute networking enhancements (RDMA over Converged Ethernet – RoCE, PFC, ECN).
Experience with Cisco Nexus, ACI, or equivalent data center switching platforms supporting AI workloads.
Strong technical expertise with Networking and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) principles.
Strong technical expertise with developing and interpreting Network, Sequence, and Dataflow diagrams.
Understanding of at least one compliance framework (HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, NIST, CSA).
Strong technical expertise in defining and implementing cyber resilience standards, policies, and programs for distributed cloud and network infrastructure, ensuring robust redundancy and system reliability.
Experience in influencing industry standards and contributing to open-source projects or security communities, highlighting a broader impact beyond the immediate organizations.
Experience with network automation and Infrastructure as Code
Background in high-availability and disaster recovery design
Certifications: CCIE/CCNP, JNCIE, AWS/Azure/GCP Networking, PCNSE/PAN or Security Specialty, CISSP

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma and 4 years relevant experience)

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$144,200.00 - $288,400.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. This position also includes an award target in the company’s equity award program.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 08/17/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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