Head of Network Engineering & AI-Driven Automation

Calance, Inc.; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Calance, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, FL seeks a Director of Network Engineering to lead regional teams, drive automation and AI-driven operations, and ensure secure, scalable network infrastructure. You will own IP management, vendor relations, and outages RCA reporting while guiding strategic planning and budgets.

You will mentor engineers, align field work with standards, and deliver clear executive communications on risk, capacity, and roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technologies or related field.
• 10+ years of service provider or large-scale network engineering experience, incl. 5+ years leading multi-team or regional teams.
• Hands-on expertise with BGP, IS-IS/OSPF, MPLS/SR-MPLS, and multicast in a service provider environment.
• Experience with Cisco IOS-XR and carrier-grade NAT.
• Experience with IP address management at scale and IPv4/IPv6 planning.
• Experience with monitoring/NMS tools and ITSM change management.
• Proven track record leading outages, RCAs, and executive communications.

Responsibilities

• Directs the Network Engineering and Regional Engineering teams with hands-on leadership.
• Provide mentoring, career development, and performance management.
• Ensure availability, performance, and security of network infrastructure with cross-team collaboration.
• Lead automation and AI-driven operating model with measurable efficiency gains.
• Oversee network scale-out, capacity expansion, and new site turn-ups.
• Develop network strategies, research industry best practices, and plan projects.
• Prepare department budgets and lead disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Own IP address management, ARIN policies, and IPv6 planning.
• Manage vendor relationships (e.g., Cisco, A10 Networks) and change management process.
• Define on-call/alerting strategy with NOC and onboard contract engineering resources.

Skills

BGP

IS-IS/OSPF

MPLS/SR-MPLS

Multicast

NMS tools

Networking automation

AI/ML in network ops

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cisco IOS-XR

NetBox

NSO/Crosswork

Job description

Calance, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, FL seeks a Director of Network Engineering to lead regional teams, drive automation and AI-driven operations, and ensure secure, scalable network infrastructure. You will own IP management, vendor relations, and outages RCA reporting while guiding strategic planning and budgets.

You will mentor engineers, align field work with standards, and deliver clear executive communications on risk, capacity, and roadmaps.