What Principal Network Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 183 open Principal Network Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, networking, cloud.
Updated September 19, 2026
199 open Principal Network Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 183 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 69% |
| networking | 69% |
| cloud | 68% |
| firewall | 49% |
| cisco | 44% |
| bgp | 41% |
| python | 38% |
| ospf | 34% |
| wan | 32% |
| ai | 28% |
| observability | 28% |
| network-security | 28% |
| ansible | 25% |
| dns | 21% |
| aws | 20% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 20% |
| azure | 20% |
| terraform | 19% |
| qos | 19% |
| linux | 18% |
| vxlan | 17% |
| zero-trust | 17% |
| ccna | 17% |
| mpls | 16% |
| vlan | 15% |
| sd-wan | 14% |
| vpn | 14% |
| dhcp | 14% |
| sdn | 13% |
| tcp-ip | 13% |
| ethernet | 13% |
| gcp | 12% |
| typescript | 12% |
| virtualization | 12% |
| api | 11% |
| solarwinds | 11% |
| agile | 11% |
| ci-cd | 10% |
| cybersecurity | 10% |
| hpc | 9% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Network Engineering levels
Most Network Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- networking 4,474
- cisco 4,371
- firewall 3,992
- cloud 3,062
- wan 3,044
- bgp 2,455
- automation 2,271
- network-security 2,262
- ospf 2,092
- ccna 1,991
- vpn 1,926
- vlan 1,687