Director Network Technologies

Globalstar Updated•Covington, LA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Globalstar operates a global satellite communications network supported by a terrestrial WAN/LAN environment connecting gateway ground stations, data centers, cloud environments, and corporate sites worldwide, under high service-level commitments to large enterprise customers. The Director of Network Technologies serves as the company's Chief Network Architect – the senior network design authority and final technical decision maker on network architecture below the VP. This is a technology leadership role, not a people-management role: engineering staff and day-to-day operations are owned by a peer Director, while this position owns what gets built and why. You set multi-year architecture strategy, chair design review, own technical standards, and be the deepest technical voice in the room on every consequential network decision — and you defend those decisions to executives, auditors, and enterprise customers. An active CCIE is required. The right candidate has spent a career choosing the technical track on purpose and wants a seat where that depth carries final authority.

Requirements

Active CCIE certification required (Enterprise Infrastructure or Service Provider track preferred).
15+ years of progressive network engineering experience, including 7+ years in a principal, distinguished, or chief-architect level design role with demonstrable design authority at scale.
Expert-level BGP: policy design, route reflection, communities, traffic engineering, multi-homing at scale.
Deep experience with EVPN/VXLAN data center fabrics and modern spine/leaf design.
Hands-on experience with SD-WAN/SASE platforms (Cato Networks strongly preferred) and cloud interconnect (Equinix Fabric, AWS Direct Connect).
Experience with carrier services: optical/WAVE circuits, circuit diversity analysis, and carrier technical escalation.
Experience designing under formal compliance regimes: NIST 800-171, SOC 2, and ITAR/EAR.
Track record of influencing without direct authority: design governance, architecture review boards, or matrixed technical leadership across teams you did not manage.
Network observability fluency (Kentik or equivalent: NetFlow/sFlow analytics, synthetic testing, BGP monitoring) and SLA-driven capacity planning.
Strong executive communication: able to defend architecture decisions to a VP/C-suite audience and translate risk for non-technical stakeholders.
S. Person (as defined by ITAR/EAR) required due to access to export-controlled technical data. This is a non-negotiable condition of employment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to interact clearly and concisely with all departments and levels of management
Excellent organizational skills with attention-to-detail
Ability to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks
Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
Proficiency with Microsoft Office
Familiarity with NetSuite

Nice To Haves

A second expert-level certification (additional CCIE track, CCDE, JNCIE, or AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty) is strongly preferred and will differentiate candidates.
Multiple active expert-level certifications (multi-track CCIE, CCDE, JNCIE).
Satellite ground segment, carrier, ISP, or other telecom infrastructure background.
Security architecture depth: firewall design (Check Point preferred), micro-segmentation, zero-trust design.
Experience leading technical workstreams through M&A due diligence and integration.
Network automation fluency (Python, Ansible) and infrastructure-as-code design practices.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.

Responsibilities

Serve as final technical decision authority (below the VP) for all network architecture: WAN, LAN, data center, cloud interconnect, and network security edge.
Own the multi-year architecture roadmap and technology selection.
Chair the network design review process: no major change — BGP policy, EVPN/VXLAN fabric design, SD-WAN/SASE (Cato Networks) topology, Equinix Fabric and AWS Direct Connect interconnects, optical/WAVE circuit design and route diversity (KMZ review) for gateway fiber plant — ships without this role's sign-off.
Own technical standards, reference architectures, golden configurations, and design documentation (HLD/LLD); ensure the network is buildable and operable by the engineering team, not just elegant on a whiteboard.
Partner closely with the Director of Cybersecurity & Network Systems, who owns the engineering staff and operations: this role decides what and why ; the peer organization owns who and when . Success requires leading through authority of expertise, not headcount.
Own the network observability architecture (Kentik): flow analytics, synthetic testing, BGP monitoring, and capacity planning methodology in support of enterprise customer SLAs.
Act as the senior technical escalation for the most complex incidents; lead post-incident architectural review and drive systemic fixes.
Represent network architecture to executives, enterprise customers, auditors, and third-party assessors; translate design decisions and risk into business terms.
Ensure designs satisfy NIST 800-171, SOC 2, and ITAR/EAR obligations by construction; partner with compliance and legal on export-controlled technical data handling.
Lead the technical side of network workstreams for corporate initiatives, including integration-readiness, due diligence responses, and third-party assessments.
Evaluate emerging technology, run proofs of concept, and drive vendor technical strategy and roadmap influence (carriers, hardware, SaaS platforms); provide technical input to budget and contract decisions.
Mentor senior engineers on advanced routing, fabric design, and design discipline; raise the technical bar of the organization without owning its org chart.