Head of Network Engineering

Head of Network Engineering

About the Role

The company is building a next-generation service provider network designed to support large-scale infrastructure growth, operational scalability and long-term architectural evolution.

We are looking for a Head of Network Engineering to define the technical direction, architectural standards and engineering strategy of the company's service provider infrastructure.

This role is responsible for the architectural leadership across: IP/MPLS backbone infrastructure, Metro Ethernet and aggregation networks, Optical transport infrastructure (OTN / DWDM), Network security infrastructure, Data center interconnectivity and backbone integration.

The Head of Network Engineering ensures that all network domains evolve under a coherent architecture focused on: Scalability, Resiliency, Operational simplicity, Deterministic behavior, Infrastructure standardization.

This is not a reactive operations role. It is a systems-level engineering leadership role focused on designing infrastructure capable of scaling sustainably as the network grows in size, traffic and operational complexity.

The ideal candidate is someone with deep service provider engineering experience, capable of operating at CCIE/JNCIE-level depth while also defining organizational technical direction and engineering standards.

This role requires strong automation and operational scalability mindset. We are looking for leaders who understand that large-scale service provider environments cannot scale through manual operations alone.

Within this domain, the Head of Network Engineering:

• Defines the long-term architecture roadmap for the service provider network ecosystem

• Establishes technical standards and engineering principles across routing, transport, aggregation and security domains

• Ensures architectural consistency between backbone, access, transport and infrastructure security environments

• Defines scalability and resiliency strategies for infrastructure growth

• Guides technical decisions related to routing architecture, transport evolution and infrastructure expansion

• Drives engineering standardization across multi-vendor environments

• Promotes automation-first operational models to improve scalability, consistency and deployment velocity

• Collaborates closely with Automation, Operations, Expansion and Infrastructure teams

• Supports the evolution of provisioning, validation and infrastructure lifecycle methodologies