Principal Scientist Network Architect

The Opportunity

Adobe Network Engineering (NetEng) seeks a Principal Scientist hands-on network architect to accelerate innovation of NetEng service delivery and financial optimization

What you'll Do

• Architecture and design: As a networking expert, co-develop and infuse network architecture vision, strategy, architecture, design, and implementation across NetEng teams and throughout the global network
• Software development: As a software development expert, bring mature and innovative solutioning vision, methods, and tools to improve Adobe network service delivery and support
• Innovation: Model cross-team leadership and excellence in network growth enablement, increase velocity and reduce friction of network fulfillment requests, improve operational accuracy, speed, and efficiency
• Knowledge acquisition and sharing: Incrementally discover, educate and introduce industry standard methodologies
• Leadership: Use respected solutioning and thought leadership to define and deliver the network roadmap rooted in prior subject matter and organizational leadership expertise; professionally represent Adobe externally as appropriate; provides a role model for Adobe principal scientists, architects, and engineers
• Location: Given the global scope and cross-regional collaboration expectations for this role, hiring for talent vs. proximity to a single office is the priority, however, the San Jose, Lehi, or Bucharest offices are preferred
• Team contribution: Models transparent, inclusive and collaborative value delivery
• Reduce network incident frequency
• Reduce network change-related impact
• Reduce network incident restoration time (MTTR)
• Shorten network request fulfillment time for the most common network requests
• Reduce manual NetEng work or toil

What you need to succeed

• 15+ years of relevant experience demonstrating the following skills in large organizations
• Technical depth and skill breadth across many network engineering rigors - transport, data center LAN switching, security, load balancing, campus, and network services like DNS, DHCP, IPAM
• Real-world large-company operational approaches centered on ITIL event management, incident management, problem management, and process improvements
• Current software development methos and tools
• Formal and informal team leadership

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $184,600 -- $357,900 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. 




At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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California:

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Colorado:

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If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

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