VP, Engineering, Network Observability

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Lead the engineering team responsible for LiveAction, the Network Observability product line from BlueCat.

• Oversee the technical direction, architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of a sophisticated, data-intensive platform.

• Define the technical vision and create a multi-year engineering roadmap for products related to network observability, network performance monitoring, or infrastructure monitoring.

• Guide engineering teams in delivering enterprise infrastructure products and services across both SaaS and on-premises environments.

• Design and scale platforms that collect, process, and analyze network telemetry, encompassing flow data, SNMP, packet capture, synthetic testing, and streaming telemetry.

• Implement AI capabilities for anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and predictive insights.

• Improve long-standing code bases and formulate strategies to address technical debt.

• Build geographically distributed engineering teams and manage the transition of work to offshore teams and various locations.

• Coach, mentor, and nurture managers and senior technical leaders.

• Establish software development standards, processes, and best practices.

• Create strategic plans in collaboration with Product Management, executive leadership, and team members.

• Engage directly with enterprise and government strategic accounts to comprehend technical requirements and resolve escalations.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Customer Care, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.

⛳️ Requirements

• MS/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related disciplines.

• Over 15 years of experience in a software engineering environment.

• More than 10 years managing senior individual contributors and other leads/managers, including leading managers of managers.

• Direct experience in developing network observability, network performance monitoring, or network/infrastructure management products.

• Strong technical understanding of networking fundamentals and telemetry (TCP/IP, routing/switching, NetFlow/IPFIX, SNMP, packet analysis, WAN/SD-WAN).

• Familiarity with open-source technologies such as ClickHouse, Prometheus/Grafana, and Kubernetes.

• Experience in delivering high-performance hardware/appliance systems for network telemetry/packets.

• Extensive experience and in-depth technical knowledge in SaaS or PaaS engineering and on-premise enterprise software delivery.

• Proficient development experience in Java, C++, or similar object-oriented programming languages.

• Experience operating at, or reporting directly to, the C-level.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience in a collaborative, agile development setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• A Professional Development Budget.

• Dedicated Wellness Days and Wellness Week.

• A Lifestyle Spending Account.

• An Employee Recognition Program.

• Comprehensive benefits that support health, financial well-being, and overall wellness.

• An exceptional work environment.

• Enriching employee programs.

• A remarkable company culture.