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Lead Director - Network Core Infrastructure Operations
$144K–$288K
CA - Work from home · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years overall; 5+ years Cisco routing and switching; 3+ years team leadership; 3+ years core network services; 3+ years WAN/LAN.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)
About the job
Leads enterprise network core infrastructure operations, overseeing network reliability, security, services, operations teams, and improvements across datacenters, campuses, WAN, and multi-cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Own the stability, performance, and security of routing, switching, WAN/LAN, and DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services.
- Lead network operations, incident/problem resolution, change control, monitoring, capacity planning, and team development.
- Drive automation and, where useful, AI-assisted operations under engineering review and change controls.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of enterprise network infrastructure operations and engineering experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on Cisco enterprise routing and switching experience, including the listed protocols and technologies.
- 3+ years leading teams and 3+ years operating enterprise-scale DNS, DHCP, and IPAM (Infoblox).
- 3+ years of WAN/LAN experience across datacenter, campus, and multi-site environments, including MPLS and/or SD-WAN.
Nice to have
- Automation experience with Python or Ansible; familiarity with AIOps, telemetry, or AI-assisted troubleshooting.
- Experience with Cisco SD-WAN, ACI, multi-cloud networking, or large regulated enterprises.
Pay
$144,200.00 - $288,400.00 (base salary)
Tools
Cisco, Nexus, Catalyst, ISR/ASR, BGP, OSPF/EIGRP, Infoblox, Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
AI focus
Adopt AI-assisted/AIOps capabilities where useful, including telemetry-based anomaly detection, alert correlation and noise reduction, and assisted troubleshooting; engineers review and approve recommendations.
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