Head of Network Engineering

About the role

The company is building a next‑generation service‑provider network to support large‑scale infrastructure growth and operational scalability. As Head of Network Engineering you will define the technical direction, architectural standards and engineering strategy for the backbone, metro, optical transport and security domains.

Key responsibilities

• Define the long‑term architecture roadmap for the service‑provider network ecosystem.
• Establish technical standards and engineering principles across routing, transport, aggregation and security.
• Drive automation‑first operational models and ensure scalability, resiliency and operational simplicity.
• Mentor senior engineering talent and promote documentation, standardisation and reproducibility.

Required profile

• Deep service‑provider engineering experience with CCIE/JNCIE‑level expertise.
• Proven ability to lead multi‑vendor, large‑scale network environments and set architectural direction.
• Strong automation mindset and experience with Python, APIs or infrastructure automation frameworks.

Required skills

• IP/MPLS backbone design, BGP, IS‑IS, OSPF, MPLS traffic engineering.
• Optical transport (DWDM, OTN) and metro Ethernet architectures.
• Network security, segmentation and AAA systems.
• Automation tools, Python scripting and API‑based provisioning.