Job Description

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on, high-impact Global Network Director to lead, align, and deliver across a large, distributed global organization.

This leader will operate with a builder mindset — architecting, modernizing, and scaling a global network ecosystem that supports enterprise offices, hyperscale data centers, and private cloud infrastructure.

The role requires a rare combination of deep technical credibility, strategic alignment with executive leadership, and the ability to execute at speed. This is not a maintenance role — it is a transformation mandate.

Scope of Responsibility

Oversight includes:

• Enterprise administration offices
• Global sales offices
• Design offices
• Enterprise data centers
• Hyperscale data center environments
• Private cloud infrastructure with AWS and Azure footprint

You will lead approximately 40–55 professionals across global teams, including internal engineers, support functions, and managed service partners.

Budget ownership and operational accountability are expected at scale.

Core Mandate

• Lead and deliver a global network transformation
• Treat Network as a Product / Network as a Service
• Drive an automation-first infrastructure strategy
• Align network strategy tightly with enterprise vision and business objectives
• Build and evolve teams end-to-end (hire, mentor, scale, optimize)
• Execute both strategic roadmap creation and hands-on architectural oversight

Technical Requirements

Network Architecture

• Deep expertise in spine-leaf architecture (strong preference)
• Experience with Arista or Cisco (leading or participating in Cisco-to-Arista transformation preferred)
• Design and build enterprise and hyperscale data centers from scratch
• Modern network design principles and scalable architectures

Network Engineering & Automation

• Network engineering leadership at enterprise scale
• Strong automation mindset (Terraform / DevOps frameworks)
• Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
• SRE / NRE operational philosophy
• VPN technologies

Network Security

Hands-on experience with:

• Palo Alto
• Fortinet
• CIS Controller or similar security governance platforms

Security architecture must be integrated into network design from day one.

Data Center & Cloud Strategy

• Build and operate modern private cloud infrastructure
• Maintain strong AWS and Azure footprint
• Cloud-agnostic mindset with modern cloud-native mentality
• Lead investments in private data centers as GPU costs and scale requirements increase
• Balance on-prem infrastructure with evolving Software-as-a-Service models

Ideal Background

• Experience in high-growth technology environments preferred
• Proven track record delivering large-scale network and data center transformations
• Experience treating the network as a product rather than a utility
• Strong execution history — not just strategic oversight
• Experience managing significant budgets and large global teams

Candidates from highly traditional environments (e.g., purely finance or healthcare legacy infrastructures) may be less aligned with the transformation mandate.

Leadership Profile

• Builder mentality — energized by creating from scratch
• High energy, delivery-oriented, and hands-on
• Capable of learning, teaching, and scaling teams A–Z
• Strong alignment with executive leadership on strategy and execution
• Long-term ownership mindset

What Success Looks Like

• Fully modernized, automation-first global network
• Successful Cisco-to-Arista transformation
• Scalable private cloud and hyperscale data center capability
• Network operating as a product with strong internal service delivery
• High-performing global team aligned to strategy and execution

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