Head of Network Engineering

As a key member of our team, you will have the chance to make a significant impact as we build and expand our global data center infrastructure.

Responsibilities / What You'll Do:

• Work with internal teams to establish network improvement plans

• Responsible for driving and influencing senior leadership decision making

• Builds and maintains effective working relationships and partnerships with stakeholders

• Ability to drive conflict resolution between stakeholders, including senior management and cross functional teams

• Conducts network design reviews and processes of various projects and products

• Provides technology leadership by working with different teams to deliver solutions

• Key decision maker on Network technology

• Communicates budget estimates for cross functional projects/programs, and ensures teams execute assigned projects within approved budgets

• Responsible for escalating issues and potential roadblocks to management, including making recommendations to address and resolve

• Responsible for identifying and mitigating project execution risks

• Guides and/or revises project plan to ensure it completely captures all activities and eliminates duplicative efforts

• Defines and evangelizes processes, policies and standards across all stakeholders

• Proactively seeks continuous improvement opportunities in process/ policies/ standards

• Responsible for leading strategic planning, influencing and driving prioritization of initiatives with functional stakeholders

• Responsible for developing and communicating a roadmap of projects and initiatives to functional stakeholders

Qualifications / Your Background:

• 15+ years of experience with planning and design of customer-facing SaaS production data centers with carrier-grade reliability

• Strong knowledge of Internet routing protocols and techniques such as BGP, OSPF, ECMP, MPLS.

• Expert knowledge and experience with routing protocols and traffic engineering

• Expert knowledge and experience VPN encryption technologies, modern switching platforms, and firewalls including policy implementation and capacity management

• Working knowledge of Juniper, Arista, and Cisco equipment highly desirable

• Proven ability to manage mission-critical, highly visible infrastructure projects to completion.

• Experience with low-level infrastructure testing and troubleshooting tools including packet capture devices, network equipment debug and diagnostics, (Wireshark, NetFlow)

• Understanding of security-policy implementation details and how to manage design and support of network environments to maintain policy integrity

Salary Range or On Target Earnings:

Minimum:

$194,900.00

Maximum:

$426,300.00

In addition to the base salary and/or OTE listed Zoom has a Total Direct Compensation philosophy that takes into consideration; base salary, bonus and equity value.

Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience.

We also have a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in this and other locations

At Zoom, we offer a window of at least 5 days for you to apply because we believe in giving you every opportunity. Below is the potential closing date, just in case you want to mark it on your calendar. We look forward to receiving your application!

Anticipated Position Close Date:

04/08/26

Ways of Working

Our structured hybrid approach is centered around our offices and remote work environments. The work style of each role, Hybrid, Remote, or In-Person is indicated in the job description/posting.

Benefits

As part of our award-winning workplace culture and commitment to delivering happiness, our benefits program offers a variety of perks, benefits, and options to help employees maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and financial health; support work-life balance; and contribute to their community in meaningful ways. Click Learn for more information.

About Us

Zoomies help people stay connected so they can get more done together. We set out to build the best collaboration platform for the enterprise, and today help people communicate better with products like Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, Zoom Events, Zoom Apps, Zoom Rooms, and Zoom Webinars.

We're problem-solvers, working at a fast pace to design solutions with our customers and users in mind. Find room to grow with opportunities to stretch your skills and advance your career in a collaborative, growth-focused environment.

Our Commitment

At Zoom, we believe great work happens when people feel supported and empowered. We're committed to fair hiring practices that ensure every candidate is evaluated based on skills, experience, and potential. If you require an accommodation during the hiring process, let us know-we're here to support you at every step.

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