Director of Network Engineering & Automation

Hotwire Communications; Fort Lauderdale (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Retirement Plan with CompanyMatch

Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays

Hotwire Service Discounts

Job summary

Hotwire Communications in Fort Lauderdale seeks a Senior Director of Network Engineering to provide hands-on technical leadership for the Network and Regional Engineering teams, owning escalation for complex network issues and guiding strategy.

You will drive an automation- and AI-driven operating model, oversee capacity expansion, site turn-ups, and adherence to standards, while coordinating with Technology/Architecture and Cyber Security teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 10+ years of service provider or large-scale network engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading multi-team or regionally distributed engineering organizations.
• Deep hands-on expertise with BGP, IS-IS/OSPF, MPLS/SR-MPLS, and multicast.
• Experience with Cisco IOS-XR and carrier-grade NAT.
• Experience with IP address management at scale (IPv4/IPv6).
• Experience with monitoring/NMS tools and ITSM change management.
• Strong executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Directs network engineering teams with hands-on leadership.
• Ensure availability, performance, and security of all network infrastructure.
• Lead automation- and AI-driven operating model implementation.
• Oversee project budgets, milestones, and cross-team collaboration.
• Serve as highest technical escalation point for NOC and support.
• Prepare executive dashboards on capacity and performance metrics.
• Own IP address management and IPv6 planning.
• Manage vendor relationships (e.g., Cisco, A10).

Skills

Leadership

BGP

IS-IS/OSPF

MPLS/SR-MPLS

Multicast

Automation

Executive communication

NMS/Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Outage management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

NetBox

Cisco NSO/Crosswork

Nornir/NAPALM

NSO

Job description

Hotwire Communications in Fort Lauderdale seeks a Senior Director of Network Engineering to provide hands-on technical leadership for the Network and Regional Engineering teams, owning escalation for complex network issues and guiding strategy.

You will drive an automation- and AI-driven operating model, oversee capacity expansion, site turn-ups, and adherence to standards, while coordinating with Technology/Architecture and Cyber Security teams.