VP, Engineering, Network Observability

BlueCat Networks; United States; Remote; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

BlueCat Networks seeks a VP of Engineering, Network Observability to lead the engineering organization behind LiveAction. You will own the technical direction, architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of a data‑intensive platform providing deep visibility into network health across data centers, campuses, WAN, cloud, and edge.

You will partner with Product Management, Customer Care, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to align engineering execution with customer experience and

Qualifications

• Experience setting multi-year engineering roadmaps for network observability or related products.
• Led teams delivering enterprise infrastructure products (SaaS and on‑prem).
• Architected scalable data‑intensive platforms handling telemetry data.
• Delivered AI capabilities for anomaly detection and predictive insights.
• Built and mentored large, geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Established development standards and processes across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering organization behind LiveAction, BlueCat's Network Observability product line.
• Own technical direction, architecture, delivery, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Product Management, Customer Care, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.
• Engage with enterprise and government accounts to understand requirements and priorities.
• Evolve code bases and plan retirement of technical debt.

Skills

Technical leadership

Engineering roadmaps

Data-intensive platforms

AI capabilities (ML/Generative)

Mentoring & coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Software development standards

Strategic planning with PM/executive

Global/ offshore team coordination

Enterprise & government accounts

Job description

We're BlueCat—a Great Place to Work for good reason. Our team solves critical network challenges for some of the world's largest organizations. In simple terms, we manage the systems that keep networks running smoothly, securely, and reliably—the backbone infrastructure that powers digital transformation for enterprises globally. Our Intelligent Network Operations platform delivers and enables AI-driven agentic ops at scale, automating and simplifying how companies manage, secure, and optimize their networks.

But what makes us different is how we work: we believe great work happens in an environment where you're trusted, heard, and supported. With teams globally, we're building a workplace culture that values collaboration and integrity as much as innovation. If you're looking to advance your career with a company that invests in its people, this is it.

BlueCat is seeking a VP, Engineering, Network Observability to lead the engineering organization behind LiveAction, BlueCat's Network Observability product line. This leader will own the technical direction, architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of a complex, data-intensive platform that gives enterprises, telcos, and government agencies deep, predictive visibility into network health, performance, and behavior — from the data center and campus to the WAN, cloud, and edge.

This is a highly cross-functional leadership role partnering closely with Product Management, Customer Care, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to ensure tight alignment between engineering execution, customer experience, and business outcomes.

Experience

We are looking for someone who has experience:

• Setting the technical direction and multi-year engineering roadmap for a network observability, network performance monitoring (NPM), or infrastructure monitoring product line
• Leading engineering teams that have delivered successful enterprise infrastructure products and services, both SaaS and on-prem
• Architecting and scaling data-intensive platforms that ingest, process, and analyze network telemetry — flow data (NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow), SNMP, packet capture, synthetic testing, and streaming telemetry
• Delivering AI (ML, Generative, Agentic) capabilities for anomaly detection, root-cause analysis, and predictive insights that reduce mean-time-to-resolution
• Evolving long-lived code bases and developing a pragmatic go-forward plan to retire tech debt
• Building high-performing, geographically distributed engineering teams, including managing work transitions to offshore teams and multiple sites
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing top talent, including managers and senior technical leaders
• Establishing software development standards, processes, and best practices for the entire organization
• Developing strategic plans to accomplish technical and business objectives with Product Management, executive leadership, and your team members
• Engaging directly with enterprise and government strategic accounts to understand technica