This is a senior leadership role not a hands-on-keyboard network engineer position. You will own the technology roadmap, lead the IT organization, and serve as a key voice in shaping where this company goes next. You'll report directly to executive leadership and have meaningful P&L exposure.
Lead, hire, and develop the IT team supporting broadband, voice, managed IT, and OSP operations
Drive long-range technology planning: platform modernization, capacity, redundancy, and security posture
Own vendor strategy and contract negotiations across network, telecom, and managed services platforms
Serve as internal and external technical authority pre-sales engineering, enterprise customer relationships, and solution design
Partner with operations and finance to align capital planning with network growth and service commitments
Ensure operational resilience: monitoring, incident management, change management, and disaster recovery
What You Bring
We're looking for a well-rounded operator with deep ISP/telecom roots and the leadership credibility to grow a team and influence strategy. Specifics matter less than having seen these environments from the inside.
Network & Broadband Operations
FTTH/FTTX architecture and operations Calix E7 platform experience is a strong plus
ISP capacity planning: backbone circuits, redundancy, peering, and last-mile scaling
Cisco routing and switching at a production ISP scale
Telecom & Voice
VoIP operations and architecture Metaswitch experience highly desired
TDM/SS7 working knowledge; Hosted PBX exposure helpful
IT Infrastructure & Security
Virtualization, Windows Server, Linux, and open-source stack (BIND, DHCP, Apache, Asterisk)
Network security fundamentals: SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewall management, endpoint protection
Database administration, backup/restore, and DR planning
Leadership & Business Acumen
Proven track record managing technical teams in a telecom or ISP environment
Ability to translate technology decisions into financial and operational context for executive audiences
Outside plant familiarity and basic AC/DC power knowledge are beneficial
Managed services (MSP) experience designing and delivering solutions for enterprise customers
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- Dice Id: cxbcsi
- Position Id: Job44563
- Posted 1 day ago
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