Director, Network Architecture and Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Wisconsin.

📋 Description

• Define and oversee the global network strategy, target-state architecture, architectural principles, and multi-year roadmap.

• Serve as the senior design authority for enterprise networking, offering technical guidance for significant investments and transformation initiatives.

• Establish reference architectures and sanctioned design patterns across WAN, SD-WAN, LAN, wireless, cloud networking, internet connectivity, and associated network services.

• Take ownership of enterprise network technology standards, design principles, reference architectures, engineering patterns, and technical policies.

• Lead architecture and engineering design reviews, managing technical exceptions and design variances.

• Lead and cultivate a global team of network architects and engineers.

• Direct the engineering delivery of strategic network projects, including network transformation, SD-WAN, campus LAN and wireless, cloud connectivity, SASE, data center networking, segmentation, and enterprise connectivity initiatives.

• Manage technical delivery from requirements gathering and design through build, testing, deployment, validation, operational handover, and project closure.

• Ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, budget, quality, and technical standards.

• Collaborate with Cyber Security and Enterprise Architecture to integrate Zero Trust and security-by-design principles.

• Promote network automation, orchestration, APIs, infrastructure as code, observability, and continuous improvement.

• Oversee strategic technology vendors, managed service providers, and systems integrators.

• Ensure that network architectures are resilient, scalable, secure, and operationally ready.

• Present strategies, roadmaps, designs, risks, business cases, and program updates to senior leadership.

• Mentor technical leaders while fostering succession planning, capability building, and career development.

• Establish objectives, priorities, and accountabilities for architecture and engineering teams.

• Travel: 15%

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Extensive progressive experience in enterprise networking, including significant architecture, engineering, and technical leadership responsibilities.

• Proven experience in leading complex global network solution delivery within a large enterprise setting.

• Demonstrated ability to establish technical standards, reference architectures, and engineering governance.

• Experience in leading and developing senior technical professionals.

• Expert knowledge of SASE solutions, enterprise WAN, SD-WAN, routing and switching, campus LAN, wireless LAN, and enterprise internet connectivity.

• Strong understanding of data center networking, load balancing, and application delivery technologies.

• Knowledge of DNS, DHCP, and IP address management.

• Experience in designing highly available, resilient, and scalable networks for complex global organizations.

• Strong knowledge of hybrid and multi-cloud networking across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Understanding of cloud interconnect, direct connectivity, transit architecture, cloud routing, and secure connectivity patterns.

• Deep understanding of Zero Trust architecture and enterprise networking.

• Experience with Network Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, secure remote access, and security policy integration.

• Knowledge of network automation, orchestration, APIs, infrastructure as code, and configuration management.

• Experience with network observability, monitoring, telemetry, performance analysis, and service validation.

• Strong understanding of project engineering, implementation planning, testing, change readiness, and operational handover.

• Proven ability to lead globally distributed architecture and engineering teams.

• Experience in delivering large-scale, complex network projects and transformation programs.

• Demonstrated success in governing managed service providers, technology vendors, and systems integrators.

• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including business case development, budget planning, supplier evaluation, and value management.

• Excellent executive communication, influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive bonus plan based on individual, group, and corporate performance.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

• Support for application accommodations for individuals with disabilities.