Extreme Networks

Senior Director, APAC Systems Engineering

Extreme Networks

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Australia

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Lead and scale a geographically distributed APAC Systems Engineering organization
  • Define and execute the regional SE strategy in tight alignment with the SVP, APAC Sales and global SE leadership
  • Act as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the SVP, APAC Sales on pipeline strategy, account prioritization, and market expansion
  • Align technical resources to regional sales motions, strategic accounts, and growth initiatives
  • Establish a performance culture focused on customer outcomes, revenue impact, and execution excellence
  • Provide regional technical leadership across campus, wireless, data center, WAN, security, and cloud-managed networking architectures
  • Champion agentic AI-driven networking, including autonomous monitoring, optimization, remediation, and AI-assisted troubleshooting
  • Ensure SE teams can clearly articulate how AI agents and closed-loop systems reduce operational complexity and improve business outcomes
  • Position cloud-native and AI-powered platforms as strategic enablers for digital transformation
  • Serve as executive technical sponsor for the region’s most strategic customers and partners
  • Jointly engage with the SVP, APAC Sales in executive-level customer discussions, QBRs, and strategic account reviews
  • Lead complex architectural and transformation conversations with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and Heads of Infrastructure
  • Build trusted-advisory relationships that influence long-term customer roadmaps and platform adoption
  • Ensure consistent, high-quality technical execution across designs, demos, architectures, and POCs
  • Establish best practices for cloud-native networking, automation, APIs, and AI-integrated operations
  • Provide structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering based on APAC customer and market insights
  • Act as a visible regional thought leader on AI-powered, autonomous networking
  • Align with Global Systems Engineering leadership on strategy, standards, and operating models
  • Partner closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Services, and Support to improve customer experience and time-to-value
  • Contribute to global AI, platform, and innovation initiatives
  • Recruit, develop, and retain top cloud, networking, and AI-literate technical talent
  • Build leadership bench strength and succession plans across APAC
  • Coach senior SE leaders and engineers to operate effectively at both technical and business-outcome levels
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning in cloud, automation, and agentic AI

Requirements

  • 15+ years in enterprise networking, cloud, infrastructure, or platform-based technology
  • 7+ years leading senior technical organizations, including managers of managers
  • Proven experience leading pre-sales or Systems Engineering teams in the APAC region
  • Demonstrated success partnering with senior sales leadership to drive revenue and growth

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
cloud-native networkingAI-driven networkingautomationAPIsarchitectural designdata centerWANsecuritycloud-managed networkingtechnical execution
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic advisoryrelationship buildingcoachinginfluencingperformance culturecontinuous learningcustomer outcomes focusexecution excellencethought leadership