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BlueCatVP, Engineering, Network Observability
BlueCat seeks a VP, Engineering, Network Observability to head the engineering division responsible for LiveAction, the company's network observability product portfolio. In this role, the leader…
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VP, Engineering, Network Observability at BlueCat is a full-time role. Work arrangement: Remote. Location: Applicants in United States only. No salary is shown in this listing. It was posted on Oct 1, 2026. This listing is paused and not taking applications at the moment.
Job Description
BlueCat seeks a VP, Engineering, Network Observability to head the engineering division responsible for LiveAction, the company's network observability product portfolio. In this role, the leader takes complete ownership of technical vision, architecture, delivery, and operational performance for a data-intensive platform utilized by global enterprises, telecommunications providers, and government agencies. The position requires close collaboration across departments, including Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Customer Care, to align technical execution with overarching business strategies.
The ideal candidate possesses extensive leadership experience in building and scaling infrastructure products across both software-as-a-service and on-premises delivery models. This person must excel at guiding distributed engineering groups, mentoring management talent, establishing robust software development standards, and engaging directly with strategic enterprise accounts. The position is situated within an organization that develops intelligent network operations platforms providing AI-driven agentic capabilities at scale.
Responsibilities
- Establish the multi-year engineering roadmap and technical vision for the network performance monitoring and infrastructure monitoring product line
- Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering enterprise infrastructure products across SaaS and on-premise environments
- Architect and scale data-intensive platforms capable of processing network telemetry including NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SNMP, packet captures, and streaming telemetry
- Drive the implementation of AI and machine learning capabilities for predictive insights, root-cause analysis, and anomaly detection
- Manage technical debt and evolve long-lived code bases through pragmatic planning
- Build and direct geographically dispersed engineering teams, overseeing site transitions and offshore operations
- Coach, mentor, and develop managers and senior technical leaders
- Define software development processes, standards, and engineering best practices
- Collaborate with executive leadership and Product Management on strategic technical and business plans
- Interface directly with enterprise and government strategic clients to address requirements and handle escalations
Requirements
- 15 or more years of software engineering background
- At least 10 years managing senior individual contributors, leads, and managers of managers
- Direct hands-on history building network observability, performance monitoring, or network management solutions
- Deep technical proficiency in networking protocols, fundamentals, and telemetry such as TCP/IP, routing and switching, packet analysis, and WAN/SD-WAN
- Familiarity with open-source technologies including ClickHouse, Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes
- Background in delivering high-performance hardware and appliance systems for handling network telemetry and packets
- Extensive technical understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and on-premises enterprise software delivery
- Development fluency in object-oriented programming languages like Java or C++
- Experience operating at or reporting directly to the C-suite level
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities within an agile development framework
Qualifications
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Practical experience developing services on public cloud infrastructure including AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle
- Work history involving high-throughput data pipelines, time-series storage, and streaming analytics
- Background utilizing AIOps and machine learning for predictive analytics or anomaly detection in IT environments
- Experience shifting a tech stack toward cloud-portable, open-source architecture
- Familiarity with public sector and government regulations such as FedRAMP, StateRAMP, and ATO processes
- Post-acquisition technology integration experience
- Prior exposure to customer-facing technical roles like sales engineering, support, or professional services
- Experience working in both smaller company settings and organizations exceeding one billion dollars in revenue
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Benefits
- Professional development budget
- Dedicated wellness days and wellness week
- Lifestyle spending account
- Employee recognition program
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