Head of Global Networks

Job#: 3038457

Job Description:
Head of Global Networks

Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania (Hybrid)

Role Overview

Our organization is seeking an executive leader to fill the role of Head of Global Networks. This is a highly visible, enterprise-scale leadership position with global scope, responsible for defining and executing the strategy for our worldwide network infrastructure. The successful candidate will lead the transformation of a traditional hardware-centric network environment into a modern, cloud-native, software-defined platform, ensuring the availability, resilience, and security of mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive ownership of the global network infrastructure, including LAN/WAN, WiFi, application routing, and security platforms.
• Define and execute the global network strategy, driving the transformation from legacy, data center-centric infrastructure to a cloud-native, software-defined networking model.
• Lead a global organization of approximately 40 engineering and network professionals with about 5 direct reports.
• Drive the adoption of modern engineering practices such as Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD-driven networking, automated deployment, and traffic engineering.
• Manage large-scale vendor relationships and platform strategies across connectivity, routing, and security.
• Partner with enterprise technology leaders to align network strategy with business priorities and influence organizational design.
• Ensure the continuous availability, resilience, and performance of the network across multi-cloud and on-premises environments.

Required Qualifications

Experience:

• Approximately 15-20+ years of total experience, with 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise network environments (10,000+ employees preferred), including the management of large teams (40+) and multi-million dollar budgets.
• Demonstrated career progression from a hands-on engineering role to an executive leadership position.
• Deep, non-negotiable domain expertise in network engineering and operations.
• Experience managing and stabilizing complex legacy network environments while simultaneously driving modernization.

Technical Skills:

• Strong experience with cloud networking (multi-cloud, AWS preferred), hybrid infrastructure, and large-scale distributed systems.
• Fluency in cloud-native architectures, automation, platform engineering practices, and resilience engineering principles.
• Experience implementing modern networking paradigms such as software-defined networking and infrastructure-as-code.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, Zscaler, Aruba, Palo Alto, Bluecat, Akamai, and F5.

Preferred Qualifications

• Networking certifications such as CCNA/CCNP are preferred.
• Experience in cloud-native or modern technology companies.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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