Staff Platform Engineer

lululemon is located at Vancouver, BC. The company is currently looking for applications for the role of Staff Platform Engineer-Network. We are seeking a self-disciplined individual with exceptional interpersonal skills. The chosen applicant will be required to join and begin their duties as soon as possible. The employer is offering a full-time position.

Employer Name: lululemon
Position: Staff Platform Engineer-Network
Salary: $179,000-200,000 annually
Employment type: Full-time
Location: Vancouver, BC

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Job Description

• The candidate must define and evolve global network and backbone architectures.
• The candidate must serve as a technical authority and escalation point for complex network issues.
• The candidate must lead architectural design reviews and influence multi-team initiatives.
• The candidate must design proactive solutions to improve resiliency, MTTR, and cost efficiency.
• The candidate must balance near-term delivery with long-term architectural health.
• The candidate must partner with engineering leadership and architects on strategy.
• The candidate must mentor engineers on architectural thinking and best practices.
• The candidate must own the architecture and long-term evolution of enterprise and global network platforms.
• The candidate must design and guide the implementation of backbone routing, WAN, and cloud-integrated solutions.
• The candidate must establish network standards, patterns, and guardrails across teams.
• The candidate must influence prioritization by clearly articulating technical trade-offs.
• The candidate must lead cross-functional efforts with security, cloud, and application teams.
• The candidate must drive systemic improvements that reduce operational complexity.
• The candidate must coach and elevate the network engineering community.

Job Requirements

• The candidate must have 6+ years of enterprise network engineering experience supporting large-scale environments.
• The candidate must have proven experience designing and operating backbone and WAN infrastructures.
• The candidate must have deep expertise in routing and traffic engineering (BGP, OSPF).
• The candidate must have experience defining network architecture and influencing technical strategy.
• The candidate must have ability to lead initiatives through technical influence and prioritization.
• The candidate must have a strong understanding of high-availability and resiliency design principles.
• The candidate must have enterprise and platform experience.
• The candidate must have expertise in hybrid enterprise networking spanning on-premises, data center, cloud, and SaaS connectivity models.
• The candidate must have strong experience in network security architecture, including segmentation, VPN technologies, zero-trust principles, and integration with security platforms such as Palo Alto and Zscaler.
• The candidate must have practical experience with cloud networking constructs, including VPC/VNet design, routing, transit, and connectivity patterns.
• The candidate must have working knowledge of network automation and Infrastructure-as-Code, using tools such as Python, Terraform, or CloudFormation to improve consistency and operational efficiency.
• The candidate must have experience with network observability and operational tooling, using telemetry and metrics to guide design decisions and improve MTTR.
• The candidate must lead through influence without direct people management.
• The candidate must mentor engineers on architecture and operational excellence.
• The candidate must communicate technical trade-offs clearly to leadership and peers.
• The candidate must have authorization to work in Canada for this role.

Additional information

Work conditions

• The candidate will work in a hybrid work environment.
• The candidate will be required to work onsite a minimum of four days per week to support collaboration and team connectivity.

Benefits

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