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Global Network Director
Dallas, TX
Onsite 5 Days / Week
$200,000 - $250,000 Bonus Equity
Relocation support available if needed
Overview:
A global technology organization is seeking a Global Network Director to lead worldwide network operations, including Network Engineering, Data Center Infrastructure, and Network Security. This role owns strategy, execution, and reliability of a highly distributed, business-critical network environment.
The successful candidate will define and execute the global network strategy, with a strong focus on modern, large-scale data center networking, ensuring a highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead global Network Engineering, Data Center, and Network Security teams across multiple regions
- Define and execute long-term strategy for network scalability, performance, and modernization
- Ensure high availability, resiliency, and security of enterprise-scale networks
- Architect and support LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, and cloud networking environments
- Oversee data center operations, including capacity planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity
- Establish and enforce network security standards and compliance practices
- Partner with IT leadership and business stakeholders to align network initiatives with company goals
- Manage vendors, contracts, and third-party service providers
- Own global network operations budget and cost optimization
- Mentor and develop a globally distributed team
- Report network performance, risk, and initiatives to executive leadership
Required Qualifications:
- 10 years in network engineering / operations
- 5 years in senior leadership or director-level roles
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating large scale Spine-Leaf architectures in a production data center environment
- Deep expertise in enterprise and global network architecture (LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, cloud)
- Strong knowledge of routing, switching, and network protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS, TCP/IP)
- Experience with both Cisco and Arista
- Experience supporting large-scale data center environments
- Strong understanding of network security principles and controls
- Experience with public cloud networking (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Excellent communication skills across global teams
- Willingness to travel internationally (up to ~25%)
Nice to Have:
- Experience with network automation (Python, Ansible, Terraform)
- Exposure to SDN, network virtualization, or modern observability platforms
- Industry certifications (CCIE, CISSP, or similar)
Salary : $200,000 - $250,000