2 months ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the long-term technical roadmap for next-generation network management platforms.
- Lead innovation and R&D initiatives involving AI-driven network operations, intent-based networking, and autonomous network management.
- Guide platform evolution toward intent-based networking, zero-touch provisioning, and self-healing networks.
- Establish technical partnerships with network equipment vendors and cloud providers.
- Participate in IEEE, IETF, and open-source networking projects.
- Serve as chief technical advisor to strategic enterprise customers.
- Lead technical due diligence for potential acquisitions.
- Represent the company at networking conferences and publish thought leadership content.
- Shape engineering practices and culture for network infrastructure software development.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, or Electrical Engineering; PhD preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in network software development and 8+ years in senior technical leadership.
- Expertise in 5G, WiFi 6E/7, SD-WAN, SASE, Network-as-a-Service, intent-based networking, cloud-native networking, network automation, telemetry, observability, zero trust, and edge computing.
- Expert-level experience applying AI/ML to network operations, including AIOps and autonomous network management.
- Recognized industry expert with major networking conference speaking experience, published research or patents, and active standards-body or open-source participation.
- Deep relationships with major network equipment vendors and experience with network operator requirements and large-scale network deployments.
- Demonstrated success leading and scaling network management platforms.
- Understanding of NOC workflows, carrier-grade network management, market dynamics, procurement processes, and enterprise buying cycles.
- Ability to translate complex networking concepts into business value propositions.
- Willingness to travel up to 15–20% for customer meetings, conferences, partnerships, and technical collaboration.
Benefits
- Travel expectation is up to 15–20%.
- NETGEAR describes a collaborative, performance-driven workplace focused on innovation, customer impact, employee engagement, and equal employment opportunity.
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About NETGEAR
NETGEAR builds consumer and SMB networking hardware and services—Wi‑Fi routers and mesh systems, Ethernet switches, modems, and network-attached storage—with cloud management and security subscriptions. It sells through retail, online, and channel partners, and works with internet service providers. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in San Jose, California, NETGEAR is a public company traded on NASDAQ (NTGR) with global distribution across home, business, and service-provider markets.