Lead, Network Engineering

Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

Network Operations Lead

Job Summary

The Network Operations Lead is responsible for managing and supporting enterprise network infrastructure ensuring high availability performance scalability and security across all network environments. This role leads network operations teams drives incident resolution oversees monitoring and maintenance activities and collaborates with cybersecurity infrastructure and application teams to support business operations.

Key Responsibilities

Network Operations & Support

• Lead daily network operations for LAN WAN SD-WAN wireless internet and cloud connectivity.
• Monitor network performance availability and capacity using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Ensure high uptime and operational stability across data centers campuses manufacturing sites and remote offices.
• Manage incident response troubleshooting root cause analysis and problem management.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and mentor network engineers and operations staff.
• Assign operational tasks and manage escalation processes.
• Develop operational procedures standards and documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors service providers and managed service partners.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Security Cloud Infrastructure Application DevOps Manufacturing and Business teams to support enterprise initiatives.
• Participate in enterprise transformation digital modernization Zero Trust and cloud migration programs.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to align network services with operational and strategic business objectives.
• Work with vendors managed service providers and third-party partners to deliver operational excellence.

Infrastructure Support

• Support enterprise routing switching wireless and cloud networking environments.
• Maintain Cisco Arista Aruba or equivalent technologies.
• Support hybrid cloud networking (AWS Azure GCP).
• Assist in network modernization and transformation initiatives.

Operational Excellence

• Own day-to-day network operations including incident and outage response troubleshooting root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Define and track KPIs SLAs and operational metrics.
• Drive network automation initiatives using scripting deployment automation and infrastructure-as-code methodologies
• Improve operational efficiency through automated alerting remediation workflows and self-healing network capabilities.
• Create executive operational reports and status dashboards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years of network engineering/operations experience.
• 3 years of leadership or team lead experience.
• Experience supporting large enterprise or global network environments
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Routing & Switching (BGP OSPF VLANs STP)
  • F5 BIG-IP platform (WAF LTM AFM)
  • SD-WAN and wireless networking
  • Network monitoring tools
  • Incident and change management processes
• Experience with enterprise environments and 24x7 operations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to executive leadership business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to lead meetings drive collaboration manage escalations and present operational updates to technical and non-technical audiences

Minimum Qualifications

• CCNP CCIE F5 AWS/Azure networking certifications.
• Work with multi-national
• Work experience with in an environment of 10000 users
• Experience with:
  • Cisco ACI
  • ClearPass NAC
  • Network automation (Python Ansible)
  • ITIL processes
• Manufacturing or healthcare industry experience preferred.

We offer a competitive family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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