Director Network

About the Role:

The Director of Network is a senior technology leader responsible for the strategy, architecture, and operational excellence of Subway’s enterprise network infrastructure. Reporting to the VP of Infrastructure & Operations, this role owns the end-to-end lifecycle of WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, ZTNA, DNS, and load balancing across corporate, cloud (Azure and AWS), and franchise restaurant environments. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in network engineering and multi-cloud networking with a strong infrastructure‑as‑code foundation, proven leadership of blended teams (FTE and managed-service providers), and the ability to translate infrastructure investments into business outcomes for a global franchise brand.

• Define and execute the enterprise network strategy spanning corporate WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, restaurant connectivity, data center interconnects, and cloud networking across Azure (vNET, Express Route, Azure Firewall, NSGs) and AWS (Transit Gateway, VPC, Direct Connect, Security Groups).
• Own the ZTNA roadmap, evaluating and implementing zero trust network access solutions to replace legacy VPN architectures and align with Zero Trust principles.
• Design and maintain DNS, DHCP, IPAM (DDI), load balancing, and traffic management architectures to support high availability and performance across corporate and franchise environments.
• Partner with Cyber Security leadership to ensure network segmentation, micro‑segmentation, and firewall policies meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Drive cloud-native network architecture across Azure and AWS, including hub‑and‑spoke topologies, shared services models, and automated network provisioning through infrastructure‑as‑code.

• Lead the adoption and maturation of Terraform as the primary tool for managing network infrastructure across cloud and on‑premises environments; enforce IaC standards, module governance, and state management practices across the team.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for network configuration deployment using Git Hub Actions or Azure Dev Ops, enabling automated testing, validation, and promotion of network changes.
• Develop automation frameworks (Python, Ansible, or equivalent) that eliminate manual operations toil, accelerate incident response, and improve consistency across the network estate.
• Champion an automation‑first engineering culture across the network team – systematically identifying and eliminating repetitive manual tasks through scripting, tooling, and self‑service capabilities.
• Implement automated drift detection and remediation pipelines to ensure cloud network configurations remain consistent with declared infrastructure state.

• Own the multi‑cloud network architecture and operations across Azure and AWS, ensuring consistent security posture, routing design, and connectivity patterns across both hyperscalers.
• Design and manage cloud network constructs including virtual networks, peering, private endpoints, network security groups, route tables, and cloud-native firewall policies.
• Lead cloud network observability – implementing flow logging, network performance monitoring, and automated alerting to provide full visibility into multi-cloud traffic and anomalies.
• Partner with Cloud Engineering and Application teams to design scalable, secure cloud network architectures that support Subway’s cloud-first application portfolio.
• Drive cloud network cost optimization through right‑sizing, traffic engineering, and governance of data egress patterns across Azure and AWS.

• Oversee network connectivity and performance for 37,000+ Subway restaurant locations globally, partnering with franchise operations teams and third‑party managed network providers.
• Drive standardization of restaurant network architectures including POS connectivity, guest Wi‑Fi, digital menu boards, and IoT device networking.
• Manage vendor relationships with ISPs, MSPs, and network equipment suppliers to ensure SLA adherence, cost optimization, and scalable deployment models.

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