Director, Global Network

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The Global Network Director is responsible for the strategy, architecture, engineering, operations, security, financial management, and lifecycle governance of AES’s global network infrastructure. This leader owns the end-to-end delivery of network services across corporate, utilities, renewable, and distributed business operations, ensuring secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective connectivity for all business functions worldwide.

The role provides leadership for Network Architecture & Engineering and Global Network Operations teams while driving modernization initiatives, operational excellence, vendor performance, cybersecurity alignment, and network transformation programs. The Director serves as the primary technology leader for enterprise networking and connectivity services across on-premises, cloud, datacenter, WAN, SD-WAN, Internet, voice, and remote access environments.

• Serve as a direct report and strategic partner to the Senior Director, Global Infrastructure, shaping and executing the global network strategy, roadmap, and operating model in alignment with AES business priorities.
• Lead and develop a globally distributed team of network architects, engineers, analysts, and operations professionals.
• Establish technology standards, governance processes, and service delivery frameworks for network services worldwide.
• Develop multi-year modernization plans focused on resiliency, security, automation, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, Digital leaders, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, and external partners.

• Own enterprise network architecture, standards, and engineering practices.
• Drive network modernization initiatives including SD-WAN, cloud networking, network segmentation, wireless technologies, and secure remote access.
• Ensure alignment of network platforms with cloud strategies across Azure, GCP, and other strategic platforms.
• Review and approve major network designs, technology selections, and engineering standards.
• Establish automation-first practices leveraging Infrastructure as Code and policy-driven network management.

• Ensure 24x7 operational support for global network infrastructure and connectivity services.
• Define service level objectives and operational metrics to measure availability, performance, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead major incident management, problem management, capacity planning, and service improvement initiatives.
• Ensure…