Position
Title: Director, Core Network Engineering

Base Salary:
$150,000
to $200,000 annually DOE

Bonus: Target
annual bonus

Benefits: Medical,
dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time
off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and
education reimbursement programs.

Ziply
Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the
connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home
internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans
that put customers in charge.

As
our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team
members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

Our Company
Values:

• 
  Genuinely Caring: We treat customers
  and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.

• 
  Empowering You: We help customers
  choose what is best for them, and we support
  employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.

• 
  Innovation and Improvement: We
  constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each
  other. 

• 
  Earning Your Trust: We build trust
  through clear, honest, human communication.

Job Summary

The Director of Core Network Engineering is responsible for the
architecture, design, engineering, and technical governance of the company’s
core network infrastructure, spanning transport (optical/DWDM), IP/MPLS,
Ethernet, and access aggregation layers. This role ensures the network scales
reliably, securely, and cost effectively to support growth, modernization
initiatives, and high availability services for residential, commercial,
wholesale, and data center customers.

The Director partners closely with Network Expansion, Construction,
Operations, Product, IT, and Vendor Management to translate business demand
into resilient, standards-based network designs and executable engineering
plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of
duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties
performed.

Network
Architecture & Strategy

·
Define and maintain end‑to‑end network architecture for transport, IP,
Ethernet, and access domains.

·
Establish technology roadmaps aligned to capacity growth, service
evolution, and modernization goals.

·
Drive simplification and standardization of network designs across
markets.

Engineering
& Design Leadership

·
Oversee high‑level and detailed engineering for backbone, metro, and
aggregation networks.

·
Ensure network designs meet performance, resiliency, scalability, and
security requirements.

·
Own routing, addressing, optical modeling, and capacity planning
standards.

Operational
Readiness & Reliability

·
Engineer networks for carrier‑grade availability, restoration, and fault
isolation.

·
Partner with Operations to ensure designs are supportable and lifecycle‑managed.

·
Lead root‑cause analysis for major network events and drive design
improvements.

Capacity
Planning & Demand Management

·
Forecast traffic growth and translate demand into capital‑efficient
engineering solutions.

·
Balance build‑ahead investments with just‑in‑time scaling.

·
Support data center, wholesale, and enterprise growth initiatives with
fit‑for‑purpose designs.

Vendor &
Technology Management

·
Evaluate, select, and govern core network vendors and platforms.

·
Own technical relationships with OEMs and integrators.

·
Influence product roadmaps and negotiate technical requirements.

Cross‑Functional
Leadership

·
Provide clear engineering handoffs to Construction, Provisioning, and
Operations.

·
Partner with Network Expansion on market entry and major builds.

·
Provide thorough technical assistance to both the Product and Sales
teams.

People &
Culture

·
Lead, mentor, and develop senior engineers and architects.

·
Build a culture of accountability, documentation, and engineering
excellence.

·
Ensure succession planning and critical skill development.

Other Duties

·
Performs
other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Success Measures

·
Network
capacity scales ahead of demand with minimal service impact.

·
Reduced
complexity and variability in core network designs.

·
High
network availability, predictable restoration times, and low repeat incidents.

·
Capital
efficiency through right‑sized, standards‑based engineering.

·
Strong
cross‑functional trust and execution predictability.

Required Qualifications:

·
High school diploma or GED.

·
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer
Science, or equivalent experience.

·
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in service‑provider or
large‑scale network engineering.

·
Minimum of five (5) years of experience leading engineering teams
and complex, large‑scale
network environments.

·
Deep expertise in optical transport (DWDM), IP/MPLS,
Ethernet, and access aggregation.

·
Strong understanding of capacity planning, resiliency design, and
network automation principles.

·
Experience working with Tier‑1 equipment vendors and carrier‑grade
platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

·
Experience supporting data centers, wholesale transport, and cloud
interconnect.

·
Familiarity with network automation, telemetry, and model driven
interfaces.

·
Prior accountability for capital planning and vendor selection.

·
Experience operating in high growth or transformation environments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

·
Ability
to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a
variety of situations.

·
Ability
to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet
deadlines.

·
Strong
verbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizational
skills.

·
Ability
to work within critical deadlines.

·
Ability
to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.

·
Ability
to provide excellent customer service.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to
work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for this
position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described
here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require
maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walk