Director, Network Observability & Compliance

Marriott International (MI) is transforming its global network technology to offer the most advanced, most secure, most reliable, and most scalable networks in the hospitality industry .We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated professional to lead our Network Observability and Compliance function. This role is critical in ensuring the reliability, visibility, and security of our global network infrastructure. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing observability frameworks that provide real-time insights into network performance, availability, and user experience, while also driving compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal security policies.

This position demands a balance of deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and operational rigor to proactively identify risks, streamline monitoring, and enforce governance across a dynamic, hybrid multi-cloud environment.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated professional to lead our Network Observability and Compliance function. This role is critical in ensuring the reliability, visibility, and security of our global network infrastructure. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing observability frameworks that provide real-time insights into network performance, availability, and user experience, while also driving compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal security policies.

This position demands a balance of deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and operational rigor to proactively identify risks, streamline monitoring, and enforce governance across a dynamic, hybrid multi-cloud environment.

In this role, you will:

* Lead a team of high-performing network Observability engineers to develop our Observability frame work.

* Lead a team of high-performing network compliance engineers to develop our compliance frame work.

* Own the network observability and compliance roadmap, participating in cross-functional technology teams to steer our observability, compliance and Certification vision, and drive toward improved standards in our network governance and standards.

* Work closely and collaboratively with expert network architects and engineers across the larger Global Networks organization.

* Be accountable for driving the delivery and adoption of network observability and compliance practices and operating models across all Global Networks teams.

* Establish technical level relationships with other key disciplines within Marriott and partner to define and implement network observability, security and regulatory compliance.

* Implement telemetry strategies and advanced monitoring techniques to understand system behavior at a granular level.

* Establish technical relationships and partnering with business disciplines, MI teams, vendors, and suppliers to define and enforce the Network NRE observability roadmap.

* Manage the performance of the team members and provide mentorship for their growth and performance.

* Driving measurable business value through the development and implementation of network compliance tools solutions

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Required:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field experience/certification

* 8+ years' experience in a technical role within a Network/Security Engineering or Operations oranization designing and implementing complex and integrated networking solutions with multitudes of technologies including:

* 5+ years of experience with Network routing,switching,security operations and engineering

* 5+ years' experience in Leading and managing technical teams.

* 5+ years of experience in creating network configurations complying to Global Security and Compliance Standards.

* Compliance and Vulnerability Management experience.

* 3+ years of experience in collecting, processing, and monitoring telemetry data, with a focus on analyzing, troubleshooting, and driving continuous improvements in mission-critical networks.

* 3+ years of experience with network and application monitoring systems.

* Proven experience designing and implementing a successful network Observability Platforn that adheres to the highest industry standards

* Proven experience on implementing network monitoring solutions using AI/ML,SNMP, RestAPI etc

* Proven experience designing and implementing a successful network compliance program that adheres to the highest industry standards

* In-depth knowledge of security compliance and risk management frameworks, such as NIST 800-53, CIS CSC, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS

* Hardware EOL/EOS Management and Prepare the mitigation plans.

* Implementation of WAN, LAN networks with a focus on mission-critical, highly available, customer-facing applications and services

* Technical expertise in common routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP), IPv6, VPN, etc. across a global WAN backbones and distributed datacenter platforms

* Technical knowledge in ancillary network areas like DNS, NTP, and Network…