Senior Director of Engineering
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About the Company
Skywire Networks / Xchange Telecom is one of the most active and fastest growing Internet and Network Service Provider in New York City with more than 2,000 lit buildings, 50 neighborhood hubs and relays, and a near-net footprint exceeding 350,000. We sell Ethernet Private Lines, Internet Services and hosted voice services to both businesses and residential clients at speeds ranging from 10mb to 10gb. Skywire Networks / Xchange Telecom addresses the problem of poor fiber density in NYC in a multitude of ways by leveraging various edge technologies including Fiber and Fixed Wireless Access.
About the Role
The Senior Director of Engineering is responsible for leading and scaling the engineering organization, successful planning and execution of design, testing, documentation, and delivery of innovative, high-quality products and systems. This role plays a key leadership role in technology strategy, network architecture, resource planning and scheduling, product development and engineering design, product testing and qualification. The director will lead network planning and capacity management and maintenance of all network components supporting the fixed wireless and fiber network infrastructure to ensure a reliable, optimized and efficient network. The director collaborates with sales, field operations, IT, security, stakeholders and suppliers to align product and network strategies with business objectives and growth.
Responsibilities
- Define and own network architecture strategy for fixed wireless access (FWA) including RF access, microwave, transport / backhaul, IP core, and edge.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and QoS across the network balancing cost-efficiency with quality, reliability, and performance.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of engineers and technical staff responsible for designing solutions, expanding and maintaining the fixed wireless access network and hubs.
- Engage and collaborate with suppliers to evaluate, test, and select hardware and software products / solutions, meeting cost and market requirements to drive sales growth.
- Direct the selection and deployment of radios, antennas, routers and management platforms (e.g. Juniper, Ubiquiti, etc.), cables, power, and enclosures.
- Establish and drive best practices in HW / SW development, design, power, and RF engineering, testing, creating engineering design documentation (physical design, cabling, power, grounding, etc.) and deployment.
- Ensure compliance with telecom environmental, regulatory, and safety standards and understanding of impacts on networks.
- Collaborate with Sales, Project Management, Operations, Quality, and NOC teams to align priorities and ensure timely project delivery.
- Develop and maintain internal engineering standards and documents (test cases, test plans, design documents, BOM, and procedures) surrounding network configuration, client configuration, network management, and service level design.
- Create test plans / reports and conduct lab and field testing of various technologies, assessment of systems in all phases of the end-to-end design, engineering, deployment process, research / analysis / testing, and evaluation of new and existing products.
- Establish and track KPIs around costs, uptime, latency, throughput, deployment velocity, and customer experience to ensure efficiency, quality, and accountability.
- Collect and analyze network capacity data to forecast fiber capacity exhaustion and initiate projects to proactively address capacity constraints.
- Collaborate with sales, field operations and construction teams to plan new coverage areas and service expansion based on sales opportunities.
- Direct end-to-end technology lifecycle – from spectrum strategy, design, and network rollouts to optimization and end-of-life product retirement (discontinued availability).
- Manage capital and operational budgets for network infrastructure and upgrades.
- Create and manage engineering budget staffing and resource allocation.
- Lead engineering team to diagnose and resolve routing issues, congestion problems, and hardware and software failures.
- Manage cost savings program and optimize and consolidate hubs and data centers.
- Oversee network monitoring, capacity planning, and fault management using tools like SolarWinds.
- Evaluate and assess new technologies and tools to improve productivity and technical capability.
Qualifications
Required Skills
Preferred Skills
Seniority level
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Telecommunications
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