About the RoleGap Inc. is seeking a transformational Director of Network Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, engineering, and modernization of our global network platforms supporting stores, hubs, supply chain, data centers, and cloud environments.
This leader will drive the evolution of a large-scale enterprise network organization toward a cloud-first, automation-driven, platform engineering model focused on resiliency, scalability, observability, and operational excellence. The role is critical in enabling Gap Inc.'s retail modernization initiatives, cloud transformation strategy, and next-generation digital capabilities across more than 2,500 global store locations and enterprise operations.
The Director of Network Engineering will lead a globally distributed engineering organization with teams located across San Francisco, Hyderabad Development Center (HDC), and multiple North America locations. This individual will partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, Store Technology, Product Engineering, and Operations teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performing network services at enterprise scale.
This role requires a hybrid technical leader who combines strong people leadership and organizational influence with deep technical expertise across enterprise networking, cloud networking, automation, observability, and modern infrastructure engineering practices.What You'll Do
Lead Enterprise Network Transformation
Drive the modernization of Gap Inc.'s global network ecosystem across stores, campuses, supplychain, data centers, and cloud platforms.
Lead strategic initiatives including store network modernization, infrastructure-as-code adoption, cloud network standardization, and data center exit programs.
Define Network Engineering Strategy & Architecture
Lead architecture and engineering decisions across enterprise WAN/LAN/Wi-Fi, cloud networking, SD-WAN, telecom/voice, observability, and network automation platforms.
Partner with cloud, platform, and security engineering teams to build scalable, resilient, and secure infrastructure capabilities.
Drive Engineering Excellence & Automation
Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, self-service enablement, and standardized engineering practices.
Improve network resiliency, operational efficiency, service observability, and incident response capabilities through modern engineering approaches and tooling.
Establish measurable operational KPIs and engineering metrics focused on reliability, availability, performance, and customer experience.
Partner Across Technology Organizations
Collaborate closely with Product Engineering, Store Technology, Infrastructure, Security, and Operations teams to support business-critical retail and digital initiatives.
Build and Lead High-Performing Teams
Lead, mentor, and develop a globally distributed engineering organization, including managers and senior engineers.
Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, inclusion, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
Who You Are
Deepexpertiseacross enterprise networking technologies including WAN/LAN, Wi-Fi, cloud networking, SD-WAN, data center networking, telecom/voice, and network observability platforms.
Demonstrated success driving infrastructure modernization initiatives includingInfrastructure asCode, automation, cloud migration, and data center transformation programs.
Preferred Qualifications